NGOs want Srebrenica genocide marked

A number of non-governmental organizations are calling on President Boris Tadić to proclaim July 11 Srebrenica Genocide Remembrance Day.

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Tuesday, 11.08.2009.

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A number of non-governmental organizations are calling on President Boris Tadic to proclaim July 11 Srebrenica Genocide Remembrance Day. “We are demanding support for the request of July 11 being a day to remember the Srebrenica genocide victims in Serbia as well and paying respect to them,” the letter to Tadic stated. NGOs want Srebrenica genocide marked Official of the Committee of Layers for Human Rights Milan Antonijevic said that the verdict of the International Court of Justice obligates Serbia to clearly distance itself from the war crimes. The letter reminds that the European Parliament adopted a resolution on January 15, 2009 proclaiming July 11 a day for remembering the genocide in Srebrenica, and stated that because of the will of the citizens of Serbia to become a part of the EU, that has also become the obligation of the Serbian government. “We are expressing our firm conviction that respecting and recognizing the victims of the worst crime among crimes and the beginning of building shared remembrance in which all war crimes victims from the territory of the former Yugoslavia will be included is our common obligation,” the letter states. The demand was sent to Tadic by the Humanitarian Law Cebter, the Women in Black, the Helsinki Human Rights Committee in Serbia, the Center for Developing Legal Studies, the Committee of Lawyers for Human Rights, the Youth Initiative for Human Rights, the Fund for Open Societies and the Center for Cultural Decontamination. Some activists from these NGO protested in front of the Presidency today. Antonijevic reminded that the NGOs hold a rally every 11th of the month, and that this will continue until they receive an answer from the institutions. In Srebrenica in July 1995, according to the verdicts of the Hague Tribunal, in between 7,500 and 8,000 Bosniaks, or Bosnian Muslims, were shot dead. Then senior state and military officials of the Republic of Srpska (RS) were charged for the crimes, one of which, General Ratko Mladic, is still at large. The protest today (Beta)

NGOs want Srebrenica genocide marked

Official of the Committee of Layers for Human Rights Milan Antonijević said that the verdict of the International Court of Justice obligates Serbia to clearly distance itself from the war crimes.

The letter reminds that the European Parliament adopted a resolution on January 15, 2009 proclaiming July 11 a day for remembering the genocide in Srebrenica, and stated that because of the will of the citizens of Serbia to become a part of the EU, that has also become the obligation of the Serbian government.

“We are expressing our firm conviction that respecting and recognizing the victims of the worst crime among crimes and the beginning of building shared remembrance in which all war crimes victims from the territory of the former Yugoslavia will be included is our common obligation,” the letter states.

The demand was sent to Tadić by the Humanitarian Law Cebter, the Women in Black, the Helsinki Human Rights Committee in Serbia, the Center for Developing Legal Studies, the Committee of Lawyers for Human Rights, the Youth Initiative for Human Rights, the Fund for Open Societies and the Center for Cultural Decontamination.

Some activists from these NGO protested in front of the Presidency today.

Antonijević reminded that the NGOs hold a rally every 11th of the month, and that this will continue until they receive an answer from the institutions.

In Srebrenica in July 1995, according to the verdicts of the Hague Tribunal, in between 7,500 and 8,000 Bosniaks, or Bosnian Muslims, were shot dead. Then senior state and military officials of the Republic of Srpska (RS) were charged for the crimes, one of which, General Ratko Mladić, is still at large.

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