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Widows of Srebrenica and Muslim survivors of the 1995 massacre committed in the Bosnian town watch the live broadcast of the appeal verdict of former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic. Mladic was definitively sentenced by international justice to life imprisonment for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. IMAGES
The Hague, Jul 16 (EFE), (Camera: Imane Rachidi).- Jaski Jaki Portegies Zwart was 23, Edo van der Berg 21 and Ben Stidge had just turned 18 when they arrived for the first time in Srebrenica as part of the United Nations group on an international mission. They felt untouchable — guardians of peace in a demilitarized territory. In 1995, they watched on powerlessly as 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were slaughtered by advancing Bosnian Serb troops.For 25 years, they and many other former soldiers have lived with the trauma of the worst massacre in Europe since World War Two. They’ve had to field accusations of cowardice as they fight the Dutch government in a legal battle in which they claim they were abandoned and ordered to go on a “suicide mission”.SOUNDBITES OF FORMER BLUE HELMETS BEN STIDGE (00:00-04:07) AND EDO VAN DER BERG AND (04:07-END).
The Hague, Jul 16 (EFE).- Jaski Jaki Portegies Zwart was 23, Edo van der Berg 21 and Ben Stidge had just turned 18 when they arrived for the first time in Srebrenica as part of the United Nations group on an international mission. They felt untouchable — guardians of peace in a demilitarized territory. In 1995, they watched on powerlessly as 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were slaughtered by advancing Bosnian Serb troops.For 25 years, they and many other former soldiers have lived with the trauma of the worst massacre in Europe since World War II. Camera: IMANE RACHIDI. Editor: JORGE OCAÑA. Production: JAVIER MARÍN
Srebrenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Jul 9 (EFE).- (Camera: Nedim Hasic) Nurija Mehmedovic lives next to the Srebrenica–Potocari Memorial Center and from her window she can see the rows of white grave stones that mark out the resting places of thousands of victims of the massacre, including her father and one of her brothers.They were both assassinated 25 years ago by the Bosnian Serb Army along with roughly 8,000 others in what the international justice system now regards as an act of genocide.FOOTAGE OF THE MEMORIAL CENTER AT POTOCARI, IN SREBRENICA, OF FRIDAY PRAYERS AT THE MEMORIAL, OF THE STONE WITH THE NAMES OF THOSE BURIED AT THE MEMORIAL; OF A CATHOLIC CHURCH IN SREBRENICA, OF THE CITY FROM A STEEP STREET, OF NURJA MEHMEDOVIC, RESIDENT IN SREBRENICA, WITH HIS FAMILY (FROM 2:55 TO 3:36), FROM SENAHID ADEMOVIC, RESIDENT OF SREBRENICA, WITH HIS FAMILY (FROM 3:36 TO 5:00), AND OF NERMINA AND ADEM MEHMEDOVIC, RESIDENTS OF SREBRENICA (FROM 5:00 TO 5:26) SOUNDBITES AND TRANSLATIONS OF:NURIJA MEHMEDOVIC, RESIDENT OF POTOCARI, IN SREBRENICA. (Why have you decided to stay here?) "I have tried elsewhere, I have been to Sarajevo and other places, but it is best to be in your place. This house is not mine, I have a house in the village of Slatina, 13 kilometres away, we lived there, but we came here three years ago because the road there is in poor conditions and it was difficult to travel, for school, for my work." NERMINA MEHMEDOVC, A RESIDENT OF SREBRENICA. - (How does a future mother feel in Srebrenica?) "Beautiful. We have waited two years to be parents, and the feeling is beautiful" - (Is there a fear of the future) "No, I am not afraid at all. I work in a nursery school, and I am not afraid for the child, nor how he will grow, nor where he will grow. What I know is that this is a healthy environment."
The remains of 136 people killed during the massacre at Srebrenica 20 years ago are laid to rest, as Bosnian Muslims prepare to mark the anniversary. Diane Hodges reports.
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