DID YOU KNOW?  -- Three years before the 1995 Srebrenica Genocide, Serbs torched Bosniak villages and killed at least 3,166 Bosniaks around Srebrenica. In 1993, the UN described the besieged situation in Srebrenica as a "slow-motion process of genocide." In July 1995, Serbs forcibly expelled 25,000 Bosniaks, brutally raped many women and girls, and systematically killed 8,000+ men and boys (DNA confirmed).

27 April, 2010

SERGE BRAMMERTZ VISITS SREBRENICA GENOCIDE MEMORIAL IN POTOCARI

1. Serge Brammertz, chief prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), stands near a plaque at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari, near Srebrenica April 27, 1010. Bosnian Serb forces, commanded by now-fugitive General Ratko Mladic, forcibly expelled 30,000 Bosniaks and killed more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys after the U.N.-protected "safe area" zone fell into their hands near the end of Bosnia's 1992-95 war.


Today, Chief United Nations Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) arrived to Potocari around 11.00 AM by EUFOR helicopter to pay respect to 8,000 Bosniak victims of genocide - men, boys and the elderly who were systematically murdered by the Serb forces under the command of Gen. Ratko Mladic in July 1995.

"Priority is still the arrest of two remaining fugitives, among them [Ratko] Mladic," Serge Brammertz said. "I mentioned in the last report and will also mention in the next report that the arrest of the remaining two fugitives Mladic and [Goran] Hadzic is at the center of cooperation and there can be no alternative to their arrest."

2. Chief Prosecutor of the International Warcrimes Tribunal in Hague, Serge Brammertz (left) is greeted by Hatidza Mehmedovic (right), Bosnian Muslim woman, survivor of the1995 Srebrenica massacre, as he arrives at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari on April 27, 2010. Brammertz arrived for a two-day visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina where he will hold several meetings with cuntry's officials and non governmental organisations.



3. Serge Brammertz (R), chief prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) shakes hands with representatives of Srebrenica survivors at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari in Potocari on April 27, 1010.



4. Serge Brammertz (front 2nd R), chief prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, speaks with representatives of Srebrenica survivors at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari, near Srebrenica April 27, 2010.



5. Chief Prosecutor of the International Warcrimes Tribunal in Hague, Serge Brammertz (right)) is greeted by Hatidza Mehmedovic (left), Bosnian Muslim woman, survivor of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, as he arrives at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari on April 27, 2010. Brammertz arrived for a two-day visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina where he will hold several meetings with cuntry's officials and non governmental organisations.



6. Chief Prosecutor of the International Warcrimes Tribunal in Hague, Serge Brammertz (R) is greeted by Bosnian Muslim women, survivors of 1995 Srebrenica massacre, as he arrives at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari on April 27, 2010. Brammertz arrived for a two-day visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina where he will hold several meetings with cuntry's officials and non governmental organisations.



7. Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Serge Brammertz , talks with members of the Union of Srebrenica Women (Zene Srebrenice) during his visit to the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari on 27 April 2010.



8. Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Serge Brammertz looks on during his visit to the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari on 27 April 2010.



9. Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Serge Brammertz, responds to questions women asked him during his visit to the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari on 27 April 2010.



10. Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Serge Brammertz , talks with members of the Union of Srebrenica Women (Zene Srebrenice) during his visit to the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari on 27 April 2010.



11. Chief Prosecutor of the International Warcrimes Tribunal in Hague, Serge Brammertz (right) is accompanied by Hatidza Mehmedovic (left), survivor of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, as he arrives at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari on April 27, 2010. Brammertz arrived for a two-day visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina where he will hold several meetings with cuntry's officials and non governmental organisations.



12. Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Serge Brammertz, accompanied by members of Union of Women from Srebrenica pays respects during his visit to the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari on 27 April 2010.



13. Serge Brammertz, chief prosecutor of the U.N. war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, speaks during a news conference after meeting with representatives of Srebrenica survivors at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari, near Srebrenica April 27, 2010.



14. Chief Prosecutor of the International War Crimes Tribunal in Hague, Serge Brammertz takes journalist question during press conference after meeting Bosnian Muslim women, survivors of 1995 Srebrenica massacre, during his visit to the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari on April 27, 2010.



15. Chief Prosecutor of the International Warcrimes Tribunal in Hague, Serge Brammertz (R) is greeted by Bosnian Muslim women, survivors of 1995 Srebrenica massacre, as he arrives at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari on April 27, 2010.



16. Chief Prosecutor of the International Warcrimes Tribunal in Hague, Serge Brammertz (2R) is greeted by Bosnian Muslim women, survivors of 1995 Srebrenica Genocide on April 27, 2010 at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari.



17. Serge Brammertz (L), chief prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, observes prayer with representatives of Srebrenica survivors at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari, near Srebrenica April 27, 2010.



18. Chief Prosecutor of the International Warcrimes Tribunal in Hague, Serge Brammertz looks on prior to meeting Bosnian Muslim women, survivors of 1995 massacre in Srebrenica, at memorial cemetary in Potocari near Srebernica on April 27, 2010.



19. Serge Brammertz, chief prosecutor of the U.N. war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, holds a news conference after meeting with representatives of Srebrenica survivors at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari on April 27, 2010.



20. Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Serge Brammertz , talks with members of Union of Women from Srebrenica during his visit to the Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial and Cemetery, in Srebrenica, Bosnia, 75 kms east of the capital, Sarajevo, dedicated to victims of the 1995 genocide, Tuesday, April 27, 2010.