Bosnjacka Zajednica ce obiljeziti Srebrenicki Genocid.

June 25, 2010     PRESS RELEASE.

 

Bosnjacka Zajednica ce obiljeziti Srebrenicki Genocid.

 

• Komemoracija Srebrenickog Genocida sa specijalnim gostima MP Rob Oliphant, MP Brian Masse and MP. Borys Wrzenewskyj
• Roger Lemoyne, Islozba fotografija u Hotelu Glendstone u Torontu.
• Mars Mira “Nikad ne Zaboravi“ kroz centar grada Toronta.

 

Toronto: Juni 25, 2010.

 

U posljednjih 15 godina prezivjele zrtve Srebrenickog genocida su trazile pravdu za 8372 muskarca (ljudi i djecaci) ubijenih od strane snaga Bosanskih Srba u mjestu koje je trebalo da bude UN-ova zasticena enklava.

 

Njihova svjedocenja ovog sistematskog masakra civila je pomoglo istraziteljima da osude 7 ljudi u Hagu proslog mjeseca. Dva bivsa oficira bezbjednosti su dobili dozivotne kazne i iskazane su im rijetke presude za genocid od strane panela sacinjenog od tri sudije u Medjunarodnom Tribunalu za bivsu Jugoslaviju.

 

Uprkos presudama, Kandska vlada jos nije usvojila rezoluciju koja bi obiljezila Srebrenicki Genocid iako su to ucinile mnoge druge drzave ukljucujuci i Sjedinjene Americke Drzave, Evropsku uniju itd. Medjutim, Bosnjacka Zajednica u Torontu vjeruje da krsenje ljudskih prava mora biti prepoznato i zapamceno kako bi smanjili sanse slicnih ratnih zlocina u drugim krajevima svijeta.

 

7-mog Jula u partnerstvu sa KBSA I IZIG Bosnjacka zajenica Toronto ce poceti sa ceremonijom komemoracije Srebrenickog Genocida. Pocetak ce biti izlozba fotografija poznatog fotozurnaliste Rogera Lamoyne-a u hotelu Gladstone. Lemoynove foto serije koje su pocele jos 1995-te prenose osjecaj gubitka, neopisive potrebe za pravdom i vaznosti cuvanja historije.Izlozba, nazvana Srebrenica Odsustvo, je otvorena od podne do 5pm i traje do 10-tog Jula.

U Subotu, 10tog Jula stotine ljudi ce se zauzeti za ljudska prava tako sto ce ucestvovati u Marsu Mira u centru Tornota krecuci od Royal Ontario Muzeja tacno u podne.

Ucesnici ce prenositi poruku “Nikad Vise” ukazujuci na potrebu adekvatne komemoracije za izgubljene zivote u Srebrenici.

Na kraju ovog dogazaja, specijani gosti Rob Oliphart MP, Borys Wrzesnewsyj MP i Brian Masse MP ce se pridruziti akademskim strucnjacima koji specijaliziraju u studijama genocida kako bi zajedno sproveli ceremoniju sjecanja. Ova manifestacija ce se odrzati u Bosansko-Islamskom Centru u 6:45pm na adresi 122 North Queen St. u Etobicoke.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                         June 25, 2010

Bosniak community to commemorate Srebrenica genocide

§  Srebrenica Genocide Commemoration ceremony with special guests MP Rob Oliphant, MP Brian Masse and MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj

§  Roger Lemoyne photography exhibit at the Gladstone Hotel

§  A silent march, “Never Forget,” through downtown Toronto

 

TORONTO, June 25, 2010 – For the past 15 years, survivors of the Srebrenica genocide have been seeking justice for the 8,372 men and boys killed by Bosnian Serb forces in what was supposed to be a United Nations protected enclave. Their witness accounts of this systematic, civilian massacre helped prosecutors convict seven men in The Hague earlier this month. Two former security officers received life in prison, and were handed down rare genocide convictions by a three-judge panel in the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.

Despite the convictions, the Canadian government has not yet passed a resolution to commemorate the Srebrenica genocide as many other countries – including the United States and members of the European Union – have. But the Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) community in Toronto believes that this violation of human rights needs to be recognized and remembered so as to decrease the chances of a similar war crimes occurring elsewhere in the world.

On July 7, in partnership with the Congress of North American Bosniaks and the Institute for the Research of Genocide-Canada, the Bosniak community in Toronto will begin this year’s Srebrenica Genocide Commemoration ceremony with a photo exhibit from award-winning photojournalist Roger Lemoyne at the Gladstone Hotel. Lemoyne’s gripping photo series, which began in 1995, conveys the sense of loss, an unwavering need for justice and the importance of preserving history.  The exhibit, titled Srebrenica: The Absence, is open from noon to 5 p.m. and runs until July 10.

On Saturday, July 10, hundreds of people will take a stand for human rights by taking part in a silent march downtown Toronto, starting at the Royal Ontario Museum at noon. Participants will display the message “Never forget,” asserting the need to adequately commemorate the loss of lives in Srebrenica.

To cap off the events, special guests Rob Oliphant, Liberal MP for Don Valley West, Borys Wrzesnewskyj, Liberal MP for Etobicoke Centre and Brian Masse, NDP MP for Windsor West will join academics who specialize on genocide studies to conduct a remembrance ceremony at the Bosnian Islamic Centre at 6:45 p.m. in Etobicoke, (122 North Queen St.).