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Venice Commisson : Celebration of 9 January likely to exacerbate divisions within society.
BACKGROUND: Europian Commission for Democracy Through Law (VENICE COMMISSION) filed a Amicus Curiae Breif on the 12th of October 2013. This was in regard to the selection of January 9th as the date of the observance of the holiday of the Day of the Republic can result in the discrimination against the members of the…
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Glorification of crimes is an everyday occurrence in Republika Srpska
This article appeared on Serbian portal e-novine 03-10-2013. By e-novine Bosnian Association of former Concentration Camp Prisoners and the Association of “Women Victims of War” announced that they are shocked and appalled by the events that took place last week in the eastern Bosnian town of Vlasenica. During the event called “The march of return-…
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Kym Vercoe: During the filming in Višegrad we did not dare say Jasmila´s name
Sarajevo-based Bosnian news site Klix.ba published an interview yesterday with the makers of a new Bosnian film that deals with the sensitive topic of war crimes and sexual violence against women in war and the denial and suppression of these crimes in some parts of the country. The film; FOR THOSE WHO CAN TELL NO TALES takes…
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Kym Vercoe, Visegradbo från Australien
Den bosniske nobelpristagaren Ivo Andric bok ; Bron över Drina ledde australiensiskan Kym Vercoe till den bosniska staden Visegrad. Hon kom till Bosnien Hercegovina och Visegrad framförallt för att se den kända bron, en av Bosniens ikoner från Andric bok; “Na Drini ćuprija” (Bron över Drina) hon hade förtrollats av boken och hon hade förtrollats…
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Netherlands’ highest court finds Dutch state liable in 1995 Srebrenica massacre
Originally posted on Diane Marie Amann: In 2 judgments issued today, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled that the Dutch state, whose troops withdrew from the U.N.-designated “safe area” of Srebrenica amid a Bosnian Serb attack, is liable for the deaths of 3 men whom the retreating troops left behind. The 3 victims were…
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Cousin Vuk
President of the United Nations General Assembly, proud Serb nationalist and full-time clown Vuk Jeremic is making headlines in the Balkans and in the US again. The story first appeared in Radio Free Europe and was later picked up by The Atlantic. It seems that Vuk Jeremic has outed himself as a Bosniak! Well not…
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The trouble with Vuk and Tomo
Imagine if twenty years after the Second World War, a German diplomat who also happens to be the chairman of the UN General Assembly decided to schedule a debate on the work and the findings of the Nuremburg trials. Also imagine if one of the main speakers was the German head of state, who during…
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Vuk Jeremić and the Serb nationalist march on the UN General Assembly
Vuk Jeremić, the current chairman of the UNGA arranged for “March on the Drina” to be played during the celebration of the Orthodox Christian New Year at the UN. A military march dating back to WWI that for most Bosnians as well as Croats and Albanians is associated with Serb nationalism and extremism. This is…
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Nationalism Separatism Rasism Folkmord och ”Boss Mile”
Efter de bosniska lokalvalen i oktober så uttryckte jag vad man skulle kunna kalla för försiktig optimism om man den politiska låsningen som har förlamat Bosnien Hercegovina i över sex år nu var äntligen på väg att släppa. Optimism för att den serbiske nationalisten och separatisten Milorad Dodik och hans parti led en valförlust i…
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