Insight- Scotland On Sunday
Journalist Dani Garavelli has just returned from a delegation to Bosnia and wrote the following article in Scotland on Sunday 2nd October 2016
Author: David Hamilton
September 2016 Delegation – Social Media Round up
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Prominent Scots to Learn Lessons of Genocide in Bosnia
The charity Remembering Srebrenica is taking a delegation of prominent Scottish politicians, educators and journalists to Srebrenica this week to learn how lessons from the worst atrocity on European soil since World War Two can be used to help create… Continue Reading
Case study: Helping Scottish children learn lessons from Srebrenica
The comprehensive set of lesson plans can be used across the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence and provide students with the vocabulary to understand it and condemn genocide. Pupils learn that the seeds of prejudice are rooted in everyday language, as… Continue Reading
Free education pack helps Scottish children learn lessons from Srebrenica
his year marked the 20th anniversary of the genocide – the worst crime on European soil since the Second World War, which saw more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys systematically murdered because of who they were. The UK… Continue Reading
First Minister meets with Srebrenica survivors
The First Minister travelled with Dr Waqar Azmi OBE, Chairman and Founder of Remembering Srebrenica and the Very Rev Dr Lorna Hood, Chair of Remembering Srebrenica Scotland and met with survivors in order to pay her respects the 8,372 Muslim… Continue Reading
Call to Youth to Challenge Hatred
This year marks 21 years since the single greatest atrocity in Europe since the Second World War and a brutal reminder of man’s inhumanity to man. Over 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were systematically murdered because of who they… Continue Reading
Calling All our Bosnians
Members of Remembering Srebrenica’s new Scotland Board are calling on Bosnians to contact them as they prepare to mark 20 years since the atrocity with a high-profile service in St Giles’ Cathedral on July 10 attended by the First Minister… Continue Reading
