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White Ribbons Against Genocide Denial
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White Ribbons Against Genocide Denial

May 31, 2012 16:38 GMT

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Human rights activists in Bosnia-Herzegovina and around the world have declared May 31 a
day of solidarity with the people of the Bosnian town of Prijedor, who have been prevented
from remembering victims of ethnic cleansing during the war 20 years ago.

The organizers called for people to wear white ribbons to declare their opposition to the denial
of genocide after the families of Bosnian Muslims and Croats killed in the area were denied a
public memorial last week by the town's current mayor, Marko Pavic.

Pavic said such an event would "undermine the town's reputation." He rejected the use of
the term "genocide" by victims groups and said they had politicized the commemoration.

During the war, Prijedor's ethnic Serbian authorities forced the non-Serbian residents to put
white flags on their houses and wear white ribbons when leaving home.

Over 3,000 Bosnian Muslims and Croats died in the area in northwestern Bosnia during the
war, including about 250 women and 100 children.

The former head of the Prijedor district, Milomir Stakic, was sentenced to 40 years in prison
in The Hague in 2003 for crimes in the area.
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 Gimme A. Break (Somewhere) May 31, 2012 17:06
http://de-construct.net/?p=756
o varlin (california) May 31, 2012 22:02
hey gimme a. break, are you also a holocaust denier? pull your head out of
your guzica - at least 8000 were killed at or near srebrenica. this is a fact
accepted by the united nations, the united states, the european community, and
everyone else who is sane. where does that leave you? until you figure that out,
quit peddling racist nonsense.
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