Thousands of people from Bosnia and abroad have gathered in Srebrenica for the annual ritual of commemorating the 1995 genocide
A Bosnian muslim woman prays next to the grave of her relative, victim of the Srebrenica genocide, at the Srebrenica Memorial Centre, in Potocari, Bosnia, Thursday, July 11, 2024. Thousands gather in the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica to commemorate the 29th anniversary on Monday of Europe's only acknowledged genocide since World War II.
Relatives of the victims can bury only partial remains of their loved ones as they are typically found scattered over several different mass graves, sometimes miles apart. Serb leaders insist the massacre is not genocide, but a “terrible crime." They have also downplayed the number of those killed. “For a full 29 years, the policy of covering up and denying the genocide was carried out by those forces who designed and planned the genocide, and who for years provided shelter to those suspected and accused of the most serious war crimes,” he told the gathering on Thursday.
“We promised that we would never forget -- neither the victims, nor the lasting pain of their families and loved ones," he added. “Their memory drives us to work every day to ensure that history does not repeat itself, in a world where peace seems increasingly fragile.”
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