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).

12 April, 2011

19TH ANNIVERSARY OF VISEGRAD GENOCIDE

PRESS RELEASE: Commemoration of the Bosnian Genocide at Visegrad

The 2010 commemoration: victim families and survivors holding a banner which reads: 3,000 roses for 3,000 lives.


28.05.2011 (Saturday)

The central commemoration of the 19th anniversary of the Visegrad genocide will be held on 28.05.2011 on the Mehmed-pasa Sokolovic bridge in Visegrad. The commemoration will be followed by the burial of Visegrad martyrs at the Straziste Muslim cemetery.

This commemoration is organized by the Association of victims families “Visegrad 92″.
Contact person: Hida Kasapovic (062 212 631) – Bosnian and Berina Pekmezovic (061 508 691) - English. Email: udruzenje.visegrad92@gmail.com

The house in Pionirska Street where around 70 Bosniak civilians were burned alive on 14.06.1992.


14.06.2011 (Tuesday)

The Pionirska Street massacre will be commemorated on 14.06.2011 at 12 o’clock noon. The official ceremony will be followed with religious prayers for the victims. The commemoration will be held in front of the site of the massacre in Pionirska Street, Visegrad.
On 14.06.1992. around 70 Bosniak civilians were burned alive in Pionirska Street by Serb soldiers – only a few survived.

This commemoration is organized by the Association Women-Victims of War.
Contact person: Bakira Hasecic (061 272 000)-Bosnian and Berina Pekmezovic (061 508 691) Email: udruzenjezenazrtva_rata@bih.net.ba

The site where Meho Aljic’s house used to stand. In Aljic’s house around 70 Bosniak civilians were burned alive on 27.06.1992.
27.06.2011 (Monday)

The Bikavac massacre will be commemorated on 27.06.2011 at 12 o’clock noon. The official ceremony will be followed with religious prayers for the victims. The commemoration will be held in front of the site of the massacre in the Bikavac settlement, Visegrad.

On 27.06.1992. around 70 Bosniak civilians were burned alive in Meho Aljic’s house in Bikavac by Serb soldiers – only one person survived.

This commemoration is organized by the Association Women-Victims of War.
Contact person: Bakira Hasecic (061 272 000) - Bosnian and Berina Pekmezovic (061 508 691) – English. Email: udruzenjezenazrtva_rata@bih.net.ba
♦ For more information on these commemorations or information on Visegrad please contact Visegrad Genocide Memories editor at visegradgenocide@gmail.com ♦
http://genocideinvisegrad.wordpress.com/

posted by Srebrenica Genocide at 7:10 PM