Remembering Srebrenica Scotland was honoured to join St Andrews University Jewish Society at an interfaith memorial event to remember all those killed in genocide. The event took place at St Andrews pier and was addressed by the leaders of different diversity groups. RSS Secretary David Hamilton spoke to the group about the Srebrenica genocide and…
Scotland is the “coolest nation on Earth”, Bosnian N1 Journalist, Ika Ferrer Gotic
Our Secretary David Hamilton was interviewed by N1 Journalist Ika Ferrer Gotić after she returned home from Glasgow COP26. In the chat that followed Ika shared her affection for Scotland after meeting so many kind Scots.This was picked up by Scottish media and shared by thousands of her new Scottish Twitter fans.Ika has also interviewed…
Reflections on Mladic and Kelvingrove Exhibition- STV
This report was screened on 8th June 2021 on Scotland Tonight. it reflects on the judgement of the UNIRCMT in rejecting Mladic’s appeal against his conviction in 2017 for war crimes committed nearly 30 years ago.
White Armband Day
Monday 31st May 2021 is White Armband Day. Why not wear one and when people ask…..
Saved by a stranger
A beautiful documentary featuring Clare Findlay, who took in 21 refugee children – many of whom she was told were orphans – from war torn Bosnia. The local community in Elgin, Scotland rallied round to welcome them, but it was only when international schoolgirl Petra came to translate that the children were able to properly…
25th Anniversary Address
Our Chair Very Rev Dr Lorna Hood OBE, talks about the work of Remembering Srebrenica Scotland in confronting hate speech through education, delegations and memorials.
Dragana Vucetic – from the I D Campbell Collection
Dr. Dragana Vucetic works as Senior Forensic Pathologist for the International Commission on Missing Persons. The ICMP has helped identify almost 90 percent of the 8,000 men and boys whose bodies were missing because of the Srebrenica Genocide. On the 11th of July 1995, when Serbian forces massacred the men and boys of Srebrenica, they…
Hasan Hasanović – from the I D Campbell Collection
On the 11 th of July 1995, the Serbian Army attacked the town of Srebrenica. Twin brothers, Hasan and Husein Hasanović, were 19 at the time. That night, the brothers along with their father and uncle, were among the 10,000 to 15,000 men and boys who set off in a column through the hills and…
Kadefa Rizvanović- from the I D Campbell Collection
Kadefa Rizvanović is part of the Mothers of Srebrenica Association; a group of women campaigning for justice to be done and the truth to be told about the Srebrenica Genocide, the worst massacre in Europe since the Holocaust. Kadefa fled to Srebrenica in 1992 when the Bosnian War started, two days after giving birth. She…
Scottish Pupils Contribute to Srebrenica Newspaper
The History Department of Braes High School and Rights Respecting Schools have been working in co-operation with Hampton School for Boys in London since 2016. Hampton School have created a newspaper to commemorate the 25th anniversary in July of the Srebrenica genocide. Braes were delighted to be asked to contribute. You can read Arianne Burrow…
