For all our Bosnian readers, this is Julie Adair, Vice Chair of Remembering Srebrenica (Scotland) [now ‘Beyond Srebrenica’] being interviewed by N1 TV channel at Potocari Memorial Centre last week. http://ba.n1info.com/Vijesti/a391172/Memorijalni-centar-u-Potocarima-garant-pamcenja-genocida-u-Srebrenici.html
Robert McNeil In Al Jazeera
Our Trustee, Robert McNeil MBE, gives an interview to Al Jazeera Balkans http://balkans.aljazeera.net/vijesti/bivsi-haski-forenzicar-kistom-siri-istinu-o-genocidu-u-srebrenicihttp://balkans.aljazeera.net/vijesti/bivsi-haski-forenzicar-kistom-siri-istinu-o-genocidu-u-srebrenici We’ve used Translation software to convert the text to English and replicated below Former Hague forensic scientist paints the truth about the Srebrenica genocide Robert McNeil translated his horror memories into works of art that spread the truth about war crimes in…
‘Witness’, ‘Subjugation’ and ‘Srebrenica Woman’
Remembering Srebrenica Scotland [now ‘Beyond Srebrenica’] [now ‘Beyond Srebrenica’], Trustee Robert McNeil MBE, has unveiled three of his paintings in a new exhibition at St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art in Glasgow. The artworks ‘Witness’, ‘Subjugation’ and ‘Srebrenica Woman’, which have recently been acquired by Glasgow Museums, tell the story of the Srebrenica…
Broadcasting Scotland Interview with Dr Sinan Sinanović
Broadcasting Scotland interview with Dr Sinan Sinanović of Glasgow Caledonian University on life in Sarajevo during the War, the Srebrenica genocide and the hopes for Bosnia in the future.
Robert McNeils Latest Painting
‘Blinded by the Light.’ On this day 24years ago thousands of Muslim men and boys from Srebrenica ran into the forrest to escape certain death by Bosnian Serb soldiers. As they made their way to Tuzla, 40 miles away through mine fields and shelling, they were confronted by soldiers wearing Dutch UN uniforms shouting to…
Henry Hepburn: Where on earth to start when teaching about genocide? (TESS)
How on earth do you introduce a subject like genocide in school? This is a question I’ve returned to time and again over the last few weeks. It’s something that presents a unique challenge for teachers: to show pupils that people are capable of almost unimaginable cruelty. In May, I travelled to Bosnia with the…
Ricky Ross: Remembering Srebrenica (The Spectator)
It’s almost 25 years since the atrocity at Srebrenica, the last massacre on European soil. It’s not the kind of event that anyone will be too keen to remember: we quite rightly salute D-Day veterans, a reminder of those whose sacrifice led to the freedom we have today. But it’s worth remembering Srebrenica too –…
Message from our Chair
One of the greatest gifts that human beings have is the ability to recall events and places. Memory allows us to turn back the clock. At times of bereavement it can be comforting to hear again a loved one’s voice, laugh again at a joke that was enjoyed or take comfort from a word of…
Church of Scotland publishes Prayer for Srebrenica
Rt Rev Colin Sinclair, Moderator of the General Assembly, said he hoped that reflecting on the Srebrenica massacre will help improve understanding of what can happen when intolerance and prejudice takes hold. Srebrenica–Potočari Memorial and Cemetery. He has written a special prayer to remember the atrocity in Bosnia which he hopes will be read out…
