Very Rev Dr Lorna Hood OBE, Chair of Remembering Srebrenica (Scotland), speaks to artist I D Campbell about his Srebrenica inspired paintings (approx 5mins). This was part of the BBC Scotland programme Reflections at the Quay. To watch the full programme including Dr Hoods address, please click here to view it on the iplayer.
Almasa Salihović- from the I D Campbell Collection
Almasa Salihović was just a little girl when the war started, she took me to the graves of her brother, father and uncle, all side by side in the Srebrenica Memorial Centre. She was there with her family 25 years ago. It was the last time she saw her eldest brother, Abdulah, who was only…
Holocaust Memorial Day
Remembering Srebrenica (Scotland) were honoured to share an event with the Holocaust Memorial Trust to mark Holocaust Memorial Day at the Scottish Parliament on 22nd January 2019. Our Chair Lorna Hood spoke at the event and Vice Chair Robert McNeil contributed display materials.
Robert McNeils Latest Painting
Our Vice Chair Robert McNeil’s latest painting depicts an element of the terror experienced by thousands of half starved women, children and the elderly, escaping the Bosnian Serb army after being ethnically cleansed from Srebrenica in July 1995 following a prolonged siege that began in 1993. As this was happening, over 8 thousand of their…
Honorary Degree for Bakira
Bakira Hasečić, a survivor of ethnic cleansing from Višegrad in Bosnia-Herzgovina was presented with an honorary doctorate from Glasgow Caledonian University. This honour was bestowed on Bakira Hasečić in recognition of Bakira’s efforts as a human rights advocate and unifying force for victims of wartime sexual violence. Bakira was presented the award by the recently…
Painting Life After Death
A film by Michael Hough and Emma Sanders on the art of our Vice Chair Robert McNeil MBE, a Forensic Specialist who worked in Bosnia and gifted Artist who painted about it later.
“We hope that those seeing the film will feel enriched by seeing and hearing the experience of one man who discovered, through painting, a way of speaking out for those who suffered and who continue to suffer as a result of the Srebrenica atrocities. It will demonstrate one man’s journey to rediscover the power of art and how he continues to make a contribution through his art, to those who still suffer in some way.”
Forensic specialists now start to share their experiences of Srebrenica Genocide-20 years on.
In September 2016 I had the privilege of leading a group of international forensic experts on behalf of Remembering Srebrenica (Scotland) who worked in Bosnia in the 1990s and early 2000s on behalf of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). It was the 20th anniversary of the first deployments to investigate the…
The Fog of Srebrenica Scottish Screenings
The Award winning Fog of Srebrenica by BAFTA winner Samir Mehanovic has just completed four screenings in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and the Scottish Parliament. Each screening has been followed by a Q & A with Samir, Trustees of Remembering Srebrenica Scotland and other Scots with an interest in Bosnia.
The trailer (and opportunity to rent the film) is shown below.
For further information visit www.thefogofsrebrenicafilm.com
The Fog of Srebrenica from Samir Mehanovic on Vimeo.
Retired Police Officer returns to Bosnia with Remembering Srebrenica Scotland
Ron Turnbull, played a key role in bringing war criminals such as Radovan Karadzic to face justice at The Hague when he was head of the Evidence Unit at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Last month he joined our Vice Chair Robert McNeil MBE’s delegation to Bosnia.
