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Twenty-five years after the Srebrenica Genocide

Accounting for the missing in Bosnia and Herzegovina and beyond, the right to a family, and the right to know.

By Lara J. Nettelfield
Twenty-five years after the Srebrenica Genocide
'Srebenica', grafitti in Sarajevo. | Author's image. All rights reserved.
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Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide, the largest crime of the Bosnia war. Nine victims will be laid to rest in the Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial and Cemetery, joining the over 6600 already interred there.

The youngest victim buried today, Salko (Ahmo) Ibišević, was only 23 years old, the oldest, Hasan (Alije) Pezić was 70.

Images of the cemetery filled with white grave markers (nišani) that now populate the grounds will be streamed around the world.

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