POZIV NA AKCIJU – Registrujte se za glasnje u Prijedoru

 

POZIV NA AKCIJU – Registrujte se za glasnje u Prijedoru

Genocid i drugi oblici zločina protiv čovječnosti i meÄ‘unarodnog prava su na području općine Prijedor trajali kontinuirano u periodu 1992-1995, kada je ubijeno 102 djece, 256 žena, ukupno 3.173 civila, 31.000 ljudi je zatočeno u koncentracionim logorima smrti, 53.000 osoba su žrtve progona i deportacije. U samo tri mjeseca je istrebljeno 94 posto Bošnjaka.

Genocid u Prijedoru je razmatran  na MeÄ‘unarodnom krivičnom tribunalu za područije bivše Jugoslavije u Hagu meÄ‘upresudom Slobodanu Miloševiću i optužnicama protiv Radovana Karadžića i Ratka Mladića. Za genocid u Prijedoru dosada je osuÄ‘eno 28 osoba, najviše na MeÄ‘unarodnom krivičnom tribunalu za područije bivše Jugoslavije u Hagu. No, procesuiranjem genocida u Prijedoru  bavili su se i Sud Bosne i Hercegovine, te Okružni sud u Banjoj Luci.

Dvadeset godina poslije, genocid u Prijedoru se nastvalja drugim sredstvima. Preživjele žrtve nemaju pravo obilježiti istinu o tim zličinima, nemaju pravo na pravdu, nemaju pravo da se sjete zločina koji su uzbunili čitav svijet, dokazjući da lekcija iz holokausta nije naučena. Bez istine o genocidu u Prijedoru i pravde za žrtve tih zločina nema istinskog suživota, tako potrebnog za vraćanje onog starog, istinskog grada Prijedora, koji više nije grad, nema Ideje Bosne i Bosanskog duha, nema Bosne i Hercegovine.

Gradonačelnik Prijedora Marko Pavić negira genocid, negira mučenja i ubijanja u koncentracionim logorima smrti, zabranjuje spomen na žrtve genocida. Jedini način da se oslobodimo toga negatora genocida je da na lokalnim izborima Prijedorčani izaberu drugog gradonačelnika.

Institut za istraživanje genocida Kanada, Kongres Bošnjaka Sjeverne Amerike i Savjetodavno vijeće za Bosnu i Hercegovinu pozivaju sve američke i kanadske Bosance  iz  Prijedora da se registruju za glasanje na općinskim izborima koji će se održati 7. oktobra, tako što će ispuniti formular koji možete pronaći OVDJE.

Posljednji datum za registraciju je 24. juli 2012. godine; da biste se registrovali morate posjedovati ličnu kartu, vozačku dozvolu ili pasoš koji su izdani u BiH. Nakon što popunite predočeni formular, molimo Vas da pošaljete potpisanu kopiju istog zajedno sa kopijom identifikacionog dokumenta na e-mail: ppprijava@izbori.ba ili da potrebne dokumente pošaljete putem telefaksa na broj +387-33-251-333 ili +387-33-251-334.

Oni koji nisu iz Prijedora, ali bi voljeli uzeti učešÄ‡a u lokalnim izborima, mogu to učiniti ukoliko promjene mjesto prebivališta. U tom slučaju trebaju lično otići u Prijedor i izvaditi novu ličnu kartu koja će im omogućiti da glasaju na općinskim izborina 7. oktobra.

U Sjevernoj Americi živi na hiljade bosanskih Amerikanaca i KanaÄ‘ana koji su stigli iz Prijedora i preko 250.000 graÄ‘ana bosanskog porijekla. Molimo sve graÄ‘ane da se solidarišu sa graÄ‘anima Prijedora i pomognu da se ova situacija riješi na pravičan način.

 ACTION ALERT – Register to vote in Prijedor

Genocide and other forms of crimes against humanity and international law in the area of Prijedor municipality lasted continuously during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992- 1995. The results was 3,173 civilians killed including 102 children, 256 women, and more than 31,000 people imprisoned in concentration death camps. More than 53,000 people were victims of ethnic cleansing, persecution and deportation. In just three months 94% of Bosniak people were killed or expelled from the Prijedor municipality.

The genocide in Prijedor was investigated by the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, resulting in indictments of Slobodan Milosevic, Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic. Additional indictments resulted in 28 convictions for genocide in Prijedor, most of the individuals convicted by the ICTY with the involvement of Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the District Court in Banja Luka.

Twenty years later, the genocide in Prijedor continues through other means. Survivors are not permitted to mark the truth about these crimes, to pursue justice, and remember the crimes that alarmed the entire world, proving once again that the lessons of the Holocaust have not been taken seriously. Without the truth about genocide in Prijedor and without justice for the victims of these crimes, there can be no true coexistence or reconciliation which are both necessary to restore the good old true city of Prijedor. As it stands, Prijedor is only a shadow of its former self. It can no longer be called a city because it has been forcefully deprived of its Bosniak spirit or the spirit of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its ideals.

Mayor of Prijedor, Marko Pavic, denies genocide, denies torturing and killing in concentration death camps, and is blocking the construction of memorial to the victims of genocide. Unfortunately, because there is no law prohibiting genocide denial in Bosnia today, The only way to get rid of this genocide denier is to elect another mayor of Prijedor through local elections.

To this end, the Institute for Research of Genocide Canada, the Congress of North American Bosniaks, and the Advisory Council for Bosnia and Herzegovina invite all U.S. and Canadian Bosniaks from Prijedor to register to vote in the municipal elections which will be held on October 7, 2012. To register to vote, , so please fill out the form which you can find HERE.

The last date for registration is July 24, 2012. To register, you must have a valid identification card, driver’s license or passport, issued in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Once you complete the form, please send a signed copy of the form, together with a copy of your identification

documents to an e-mail: ppprijava@izbori.ba or to submit the necessary documents via fax to +387-33-251-333 OR +387-33-251-334.

Those Bosnian citizens who are not from Prijedor, but would like to take participation in local elections for Prijedor, you can do it if you change your official place of residence in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In this case the person should go to Prijedor and obtain a new ID card that will allow them to vote in municipal elections on October 7, 2012.

United States and Canada are home to more than 350,000 Bosnian citizens of whom thousandsused to live in Prijedor prior to the war and genocide in BiH. We ask all Bosnian citizens to show solidarity with the citizens of Prijedor and help to resolve this situation in a fair manner.