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
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 a better, safer and stronger society in Scotland. The “Lessons from Srebrenica” delegation will be…
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 they explore key terms such as prejudice, stereotype and persecution in a range of activities….
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 charity Remembering Srebrenica has created a comprehensive set of lesson plans that teachers can use…
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 men and boys who were killed. After visiting the Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial and walking amongst the…
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 were. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Baroness Williams of Trafford…
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 Nicola Sturgeon. The Board is urging Bosnians across Scotland to contact them as soon as…
