Just back form Bosnia on our May delegation, Henry Hepburn writes a powerful piece in Times Educational Supplement Scotland
Braes High School pupils remember Holocaust and genocide victims
Pupils at Braes High School participated in a poignant service to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. The event was led by students, Emma Mackay and Tabitha Sear (both 17), who visited Polish concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau last year as part of the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Lessons from Auschwitz project. Read more at:
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…
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.
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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