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).

10 July, 2010

TEARS FLOW AS THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF SREBRENICA GENOCIDE IS JUST HOURS AWAY

#1. Srebrenica genocide survivor, Bosniak woman Hatidza Mehmedovic, who lost two sons, husband and two brothers, mourns over coffins of a newly identified relatives of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide during preparation for mass burial at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial cemetery on July 10, 2010. Remains of 775 DNA identified victims found in mass grave sites in eastern Bosnia will be reburied tomorrow on the 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. More than 8,000 men and underage boys from the enclave were captured and systematically killed by Bosnian Serb forces, while 30,000 women (many of them brutally raped) were expelled from the enclave under the auspices of the United Nations in the days after the fall of Srebrenica on July 11, 1995. The victims were shot and interred in mass graves, then reburied haphazardly later in more than 80 sites in a bid to cover up the evidence.



#2. A Bosnian woman mourns over the coffin of her relative during the preparation for a mass burial at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial near Srebrenica on July 10, 2010. Remains of 775 DNA identified victims found in mass grave sites in eastern Bosnia will be reburied tomorrow on the 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. More than 8,000 men and underage boys from the enclave were captured and systematically killed by Bosnian Serb forces, while 30,000 women (many of them brutally raped) were expelled from the enclave under the auspices of the United Nations in the days after the fall of Srebrenica on July 11, 1995. The victims were shot and interred in mass graves, then reburied haphazardly later in more than 80 sites in a bid to cover up the evidence.


#3. An elderly Bosnian Muslim woman cries by the coffin of her relative, among 775 newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, lined up for a joint burial in Potocari July 10, 2010. Each year, bones are matched to a name and buried in a mass funeral on July 11, the anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre of more than to 8,000 Bosniak men and boys by the Bosnian Serb forces, while 30,000 women (many of them brutally raped) were expelled from the enclave under the auspices of the United Nations in the days after the fall of Srebrenica on July 11, 1995. The victims were shot and interred in mass graves, then reburied haphazardly later in more than 80 sites in a bid to cover up the evidence.



#4. A Bosnian woman is held by relatives in case she faints as she mourns for a newly identified victim of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre during the preparation for a mass burial at the Potocari memorial cemetery near Srebrenica on July 10, 2010. Remains of 775 DNA identified victims found in mass grave sites in eastern Bosnia will be reburied tomorrow on the 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. More than 8,000 men and underage boys from the enclave were captured and systematically killed by Bosnian Serb forces, while 30,000 women (many of them brutally raped) were expelled from the enclave under the auspices of the United Nations in the days after the fall of Srebrenica on July 11, 1995. The victims were shot and interred in mass graves, then reburied haphazardly later in more than 80 sites in a bid to cover up the evidence.


#5. Bosnian Muslim women weep and pray near the coffins of their relatives among 775 coffins of Srebrenica massacre victims displayed at Srebrenica Genocide Memorial center of Potocari near Srebrenica on July 10, 2010. More than 8,000 men and underage boys from the enclave were captured and systematically killed by Bosnian Serb forces, while 30,000 women (many of them brutally raped) were expelled from the enclave under the auspices of the United Nations in the days after the fall of Srebrenica on July 11, 1995. The victims were shot and interred in mass graves, then reburied haphazardly later in more than 80 sites in a bid to cover up the evidence.



#6. A Bosnian Muslim woman cries by the coffin of her relative, among 775 newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, lined up for a joint burial in Potocari July 10, 2010. Each year, bones are matched to a name and buried in a mass funeral on July 11, the anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre of up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys by the Bosnian Serb forces. More than 8,000 men and underage boys from the enclave were captured and systematically killed by Bosnian Serb forces, while 30,000 women (many of them brutally raped) were expelled from the enclave under the auspices of the United Nations in the days after the fall of Srebrenica on July 11, 1995. The victims were shot and interred in mass graves, then reburied haphazardly later in more than 80 sites in a bid to cover up the evidence.


#7. A Bosnian Muslim woman cries by the coffin of her relative, among 775 newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, lined up for a joint burial in Potocari July 10, 2010. Each year, bones are matched to a name and buried in a mass funeral on July 11, the anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre of up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys by the Bosnian Serb forces. More than 8,000 men and underage boys from the enclave were captured and systematically killed by Bosnian Serb forces, while 30,000 women (many of them brutally raped) were expelled from the enclave under the auspices of the United Nations in the days after the fall of Srebrenica on July 11, 1995. The victims were shot and interred in mass graves, then reburied haphazardly later in more than 80 sites in a bid to cover up the evidence.



#8. A Bosnian Muslim man cries at the coffin of his relative, among coffins of 775 Srebrenica massacre victims displayed at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Potocari on 10 July 2010. More than 8,000 men and underage boys from the enclave were captured and systematically killed by Bosnian Serb forces, while 30,000 women (many of them brutally raped) were expelled from the enclave under the auspices of the United Nations in the days after the fall of Srebrenica on July 11, 1995. The victims were shot and interred in mass graves, then reburied haphazardly later in more than 80 sites in a bid to cover up the evidence.


#9. Two Bosnian Muslim men week by the coffin of their relative, laid among 775 other newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. Victims have been lined up for a joint burial at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial scheduled for tomorrow, July 11, 2010. Each year, bones are matched to a name and buried in a mass funeral on July 11, the anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre in which Bosnian Serb forces commanded by Ratko Mladic killed more than 8,000 Bosniak men and underage boys. Some 30,000 women (many of them brutally raped) were expelled from the enclave under the auspices of the United Nations in the days after the fall of Srebrenica on July 11, 1995. The victims were shot and interred in mass graves, then reburied haphazardly later in more than 80 sites in a bid to cover up the evidence.



#10. Three Bosnian Muslim women cry by the coffin of their relatives, laid among 775 newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide. All victims were lined up for a joint burial scheduled to commence tomorrow on 11 July 2010. Bosnian Serb forces commanded by Ratko Mladic systematically slaughtered more than 8,000 Bosniak men and underage boys. Some 30,000 women (many of them brutally raped) were expelled from the enclave under the auspices of the United Nations in the days after the fall of Srebrenica on July 11, 1995. The victims were shot and interred in mass graves, then reburied haphazardly later in more than 80 sites in a bid to cover up the evidence.