United Nations Takes A Step To Combat Srebrenica Genocide Denial

(ANALYSIS) In May 2024, United Nations member states voted to declare July 11 as the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica, an annual day of remembrance for victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.

Analysis, Europe, Religion, Christianity, IslamEwelina U. OchabJune 13, 2024Ewelina U. Ochab, Ewelina Ochab, Islam, Genocide, Freedom of religion, Religious persecution, Srebrenica genocide, religion, BosniaComment

Decades After War, Bosnian Jews Who Lost Homes, Synagogues Still Await Restitution

Today, more than 70 years after World War II and as the world marks the 18th annual International Holocaust Remembrance Day — 30 years after both the dissolution of Yugoslavia and the end of the Bosnian War — Bosnian Jews are still awaiting restitution for long-gone homes, commercial buildings, places of worship and burial sites.

Europe, NewsKimberly WinstonJanuary 27, 2022Kimberly Winston, Bosnian Jews, Holocaust remembrance, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Bosnia, genocide in Bosnia, genocide denial, Francine Friedman, synagogue, Sarajevo, Jews, Jewish, Primary Feature, Interreligious Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Recharge Comments

Declining Hate Crimes Are Deceptive In Bosnia

The country responsible for the term “ethnic cleansing” can show off a respectable drop in religiously-motivated hate crimes over the last decade — at least on paper. But experts inside and outside Bosnia-Herzegovina say the IRC’s current numbers are misleading and the potential for conflict may be at an all-time high.

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