PHOTOS OF SREBRENICA PEACE MARCH 2012

Survivors of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre started marching through the hills of eastern Bosnia on Sunday to re-enact their escape from Serb forces led by General Ratko Mladic, demanding a swift conviction in his genocide trial which resumes on Monday.

The Europe's worst atrocity since World War Two, involved the slaughter of 8,000 Bosniak men and boys captured after Bosnian Serb forces overran the United Nations-protected enclave in July 1995. 
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But this was not the only atrocity committed by Serb forces in this part of easter Bosnia. Srebrenica was under the siege between May 1992 and July 1995. In the first three months of the Bosnian war alone, Serb forces killed at least 3,166 Bosniak women, children and elderly men in and around Srebrenica and adjoining municipalities. Some 95% of all war crimes in eastern Bosnia were committed by Serb forces.

In commemoration of the final episode of the Bosnian Genocide, Bosniak boy Armin Gerovic, 14, a participant of the "March of Peace" poses with the Bosnian flag before the start of the march near the village of Nezuk, 150 km north east of Sarajevo, Bosnia, Sunday, July 8, 2012. Several thousand people, including survivors of Europe's worst massacre since World War II, started a 110-kilometer march from Nezuk to Srebrenica, following the path along which Bosniaks fled Serb forces at Srebrenica 17 years ago..

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In a carefully planned provocation, Serb authorities in Srebrenica have thrown a large scale party with concerts, soccer events, and festivals that will last until the 11th of July -- the day marking the 17th anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide.

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Participants of the "March of Peace" make their way through a field near the village of Nezuk, 150 km north east of Sarajevo, Bosnia, Sunday, July 8, 2012. Several thousand people, including survivors of Europe's worst massacre since World War II, started a 110-kilometer march from Nezuk to Srebrenica, following the path along which Bosniaks fled Serb forces at Srebrenica 17 years ago. Srebrenica massacre was the final episode of the 1992-95 Bosnian Genocide. .
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People walk through a forest near the village of Nezuk, about 150 km (93 miles) from capital of Sarajevo, July 8, 2012. Several thousand people on Sunday started a 85 km (53 mile) march from Nezuk to Srebrenica called the "March of Peace", to retrace the route in reverse taken by Bosniaks who fled Serb forces who slaughtered 8,000 of their Muslim kin in 1995. The participants in the march consisted of survivors of the Srebrenica massacre as well as people from all parts of Bosnia and countries around the world.

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Participants of the Peace March walk through a forest near the village of Nezuk, July 8, 2012. Several thousand people on Sunday started a 85 km (53 mile) march from Nezuk to Srebrenica called the "March of Peace", to retrace the route in reverse taken by Bosniaks who fled Serb forces who slaughtered 8,000 of their Muslim kin in 1995. The participants in the march consisted of survivors of the Srebrenica massacre as well as people from all parts of Bosnia and countries around the world.

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Participants of the "March of Peace" waving with Bosnian state flag march through dusty terrain near the village of Nezuk, 150 km north east of Sarajevo, Bosnia, Sunday, July 8, 2012. Several thousand people, including survivors of Europe's worst genocide since World War II, started a 110-kilometer march from Nezuk to Srebrenica, following the path along which Bosniaks fled Serb forces at Srebrenica 17 years ago.

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Participants of the "March of Peace" waving with Bosnian state flag march through dusty terrain near the village of Nezuk, 150 km north east of Sarajevo, Bosnia, Sunday, July 8, 2012. Several thousand people, including survivors of Europe's worst genocide since World War II, started a 110-kilometer march from Nezuk to Srebrenica, following the path along which Bosniaks fled Serb forces at Srebrenica 17 years ago.
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