Ex-Prisoners Mark 30 Years Since Closure of Bosnia’s Silos Concentration Camp
A commemoration was held at the site of the Silos detention camp in Tarcin, where Serbs and Croats were imprisoned, beaten, and abused during the war. Former inmates at the Silos camp. Photo: BIRN. Former detainees on Tuesday marked the 30th anniversary of the closing of the notorious Silos detention camp at a commemoration at the site of the wartime camp in Tarcin, a village west of the capital Sarajevo. Around 500 Serb civilians were detained at the Silos camp at various ti
Lamija Grebo | BIRN
Jan 1
Forgive but Never Forget: Rwanda’s Reconciliation Villages
A Special Report by the Genocide Watch Great Lakes Task Force Heirs to both sides of Rwanda’s brutal history working side by side on a drainage ditch in Mbyo, part of a broader effort toward reconciliation. Credit Megan Specia/The New York Times Reconciliation is a complex, often contentious, yet necessary element of the post-genocide process. During an active genocide, the main priority is to bring an end to mass killings and extermination. Once a fragile peace is establishe
Genocide Watch
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Unresolved property disputes block Cyprus peace process
By Reuters, August 5th, 2025. A graffiti is seen near the UN-controlled buffer zone in Nicosia, Cyprus July 17, 2025. REUTERS/Yiannis...
Reuters
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Kosovo War Veterans Stage Protest Against Hague Special Court
Kosovo Liberation Army veterans and others held a protest in Pristina against the Hague-based Kosovo Specialist Chambers, accusing it of...
Xhorxhina Bami
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Alice Nderitu named President, Isōko Centre for Humanity
Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Global President, Isōko Centre for Humanity, Kigali, Rwanda. Former Special...
Genocide Watch
Aug 3, 2025
Troubles Investigation Group Makes First Witness Appeal
By Brendan Hughes, July 29th, 2025. Teresa Carson and William Marchant, ICRIR. An investigations body set up under the controversial...
BBC News
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UN Talks With Rival Leaders of Cyprus Fail
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AP News
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Bih Court Jails Two, Acquits Three, for Rogatica War Crimes
First-instance verdict sentences two former members of the Bosnian Serb military police to a total of seven years in prison for inhumane...
Marija Tausan
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Srebrenica Memorial Stones to be Unveiled in The Hague
In front of the former Hague Tribunal building, thousands of pieces of stones brought from Bosnia are going to be part of a provisional...
Marjolein Koster
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Srebrenica Genocide Testimonies Exhibition Opens at UN HQ
New exhibition of survivors' testimonies, organised by the Srebrenica Memorial Centre and BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina at UN headquarters...
Aida Trepanic Hebib
Jun 18, 2025
Pro-Israel Rabbi and Trump-linked Pastor Visit Syria
Timour Azahri, June 11, 2025 Associate Dean Rabbi Abraham Cooper is pictured in his office at the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles,...
Reuters
Jun 16, 2025
Bosnian Court Delivers First Genocide Denial Conviction
The Bosnian state court sentenced Vojin Pavlovic, the head of a Bosnian Serb NGO, to two-and-a-half years in prison for inciting hatred...
Lejla Memcic and Hana Vranac
May 23, 2025
