What really happened at Srebrenica?

During the first three months of war, from April to June 1992, the Bosnian Serb forces, with support from the JNA, destroyed 296 predominantly Bosniak villages in the region around Srebrenica, forcibly uprooted some 70,000 Bosniaks from their homes and systematically massacred at least 3,166 Bosniaks (documented deaths …

What was the war between Bosnia and Serbia about?

The Bosnian War was characterised by bitter fighting, indiscriminate shelling of cities and towns, ethnic cleansing, and systematic mass rape, mainly perpetrated by Serb, and to a lesser extent, Croat and Bosniak forces.

What happened at Sarajevo?

Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie were shot dead in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Black Hand gang, a group of Serbian nationalists, whose aim was to free Serbia of the rule of the Austro-Hungarian empire.

When was the genocide in Srebrenica?

July 11, 1995
Srebrenica massacre/Start dates

Why was Sarajevo attacked?

The attack is thought to have been in retaliation for the arrest of Izetbegović, who was detained at Sarajevo Airport by Yugoslav police the previous day. The Army of Republika Srpska was newly established, put under the command of General Ratko Mladić, in a new phase of the war.

What was the result of the Srebrenica massacre?

A Serb commission’s final report on the 1995 Srebrenica massacre acknowledged that the mass murder of the men and boys was planned. The commission found that more than 7,800 were killed after it compiled thirty-four lists of victims.

What is the Forbidden Srebrenica report?

“The Forbidden Srebrenica report”, report denying the Srebrenica massacre issued by the Republika Srpska Bureau for Cooperation with the ICTY in September 2002. ^ “ICTY Indictment of Milosevic, clause 25, section g”.

What award did the Srebrenica massacre win in 2006?

Winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting. Srebrenica massacre, slaying of more than 7,000 Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) boys and men, perpetrated by Bosnian Serb forces in Srebrenica, a town in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, in July 1995.

How much did the Srebrenica Genocide memorial cost?

The International Crisis Group and the United Nations condemned the manipulation of their statements in this report. On 30 September 2003, former US President Bill Clinton officially opened the Srebrenica Genocide memorial to honour the victims of the genocide. The total cost of the project was around $5.8 million.