Archive for Bosnia-Herzegovina

White Armband Day 1992 / 2013

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , on 31 May 2013 by delclem

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“The White Armband Day campaign aims to give a voice to victims of mass atrocities around the world in their struggle for the truth, dignity & remembrance. We call upon you to wear a white armband on 31 May and place a white sheet on your window for ten minutes in memory of the non-Serb citizens of Prijedor, Bosnia-Herzegovina, who were subjected to a campaign of extermination in 1992, and all victims throughout the world who are facing denial of their suffering. The actions of the authorities in the city of Prijedor then, in 1992, when this brutal campaign of violence was implemented and now, when the city government denies the crimes that have taken place, is a universal example of the oppression we are fighting in all corners of the world.” >more (c) STOP GENOCIDE DENIAL

 

The Serbian Chetniks & the Jews

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , , on 15 May 2013 by delclem

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British historian Marco Attila Hoare explores the ugly sides of World War Two & the Holocaust in the Balkans: the hidden agenda of local nationalism/s. >text (c) KOSOVO-NEWS 2013

How A Old/Holy Book Was Saved

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , on 24 March 2013 by delclem

A recent BBC documentary on how a 700 year old Jewish holy book was protected by the people of Sarajevo, during the 1992-1995 war. It is the oldest Jewish holy book still in use worldwide. (c) BBC & YouTube, 2012

 

“Murdered, buried, denied”

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , on 26 January 2013 by delclem

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If “writing poem about Auschwitz is barbaric, as German philosopher Theodor W. Adorno claimed: what about feature films on genocide? In this case Body Complete (about the Srebrenica massacre) by Austrian director Lukas Sturm >interview (c) wieninternational.at 2013

Balkan Gay Pride Made Joyful

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , on 20 October 2012 by delclem


“A homophobic, middle-aged Serbian gangster ends up sacrificing himself to protect Gay freedom in his country…” The surpise success movie in the Western Balkans this Fall. It promotes nothing less than the Utopian reconcilation of the ex-Yugoslav peoples (or, of their gangsters, at least;) over the protection of Serbian LGBT rights. Or does it take to be a mobster to support gays and lesbians (which would be a less nice message)?

Kusturica’s Nationalist Disneyland

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , , on 23 August 2012 by delclem


 

“On 28 June, which is the anniversary of the battle of Kosovo, the Bosnian Serb film maker was going to inaugurate Andrićgrad: a town (theme park?) built to celebrate the work of writer Ivo Andrić. Belgrade journalist Boško Jakšić dénonces a project, which he claims is intent on instrumentalising history and memory for nationalist ends.” Full text (c) presseurop.eu 2012

Another text (c) THE GUARDIAN, 2012

 

Districts: Sarajevo Starigrad

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , on 13 July 2012 by delclem

“Stari Grad, the Sarajevo Old Town, is the historical core of the city. It is in the eastern part of Sarajevo and includes 16 residential areas, including Alifakovac, Baščaršija, Bentbaša, Vratnik and Bistrik. Its area of 55 km² represents 37 per cent of the city and makes it the largest district.” >full text from the “Districts” series (c) wieninternational.at, 2012

PS. Srebrenica revisionism – who pays?

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , on 12 July 2012 by delclem

“It turns out that genocide denial has a price tag – and a hefty one at that. Financial records from the Bosnian Serb entity known as Republika Srpska reveal that a Hague-based group of pseudo-experts that calls itself the “Srebrenica Historical Project” has received more than $1 million from the cash-strapped mini-state over the past five years.” >full text (c) FOREIGN POLICY, 2012

Plus, on the same page: article on General Mladic in The Hague

Srebrenica: A town still divided

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , on 11 July 2012 by delclem

“Ethnic divisions continue to plague this town, where more than 8,000 people were slaughtered in July 1995.” >Full report (c) AL JAZEERA, 2012; photo (c) AFP.

“The War is Dead, Long Live the War”

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , on 20 June 2012 by delclem

Ed Vulliamy’s account of the Bosnian War (1992-95) and its aftermath shows why the conflict stirred a special anger. >Review (c) THE IRISH TIMES, 2012

Photo: elderly Muslim women grieve in a refugee centre sheltering Muslim families after they fled the Srebrenica massacre of July 1995 (c) Tom Stoddart/Getty

 

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