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New Indian Express
2 hours ago
- New Indian Express
'Can't describe the pain': Bosnia marks 30 years since Srebrenica massacre
SARAJEVO: Three decades after the Srebrenica genocide, relatives are still looking for and burying the remains of more than 8,000 men and boys killed by Bosnian Serb forces, revealing the painful scars cut deep into the country. On July 11, 1995, Bosnian Serb forces stormed the Muslim enclave of more than 40,000 people in eastern Bosnia. At the time, it was a "UN protected zone" - an ultimately hollow phrase meant to shield the many displaced people who had fled the 1992-1995 war. General Ratko Mladic's forces executed thousands of men and boys before burying them in mass graves. After decades of painstaking work, about 7,000 victims have been identified and properly buried, but about 1,000 remain missing. Mass grave discoveries are now rare. The last was uncovered in 2021, when the remains of 10 victims were exhumed 180 kilometres (112 miles) southwest of Srebrenica. This year, the remains of seven victims will be buried during the July 11 commemorations at the Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial Centre, including two 19-year-old men and a 67-year-old woman. One bone found "This year, I'm having my father buried. But only one bone, his lower jaw," Mirzeta Karic told AFP. The 50-year-old said her mother was very ill, and so she decided to go ahead with the burial without waiting for more remains to be found. Her father, Sejdalija Alic, joined several thousand men and teenagers who tried to flee Mladic's troops through the dense forests. He failed. His 22-year-old son, Sejdin, was also killed, as were Alic's three brothers and their four sons. He will be Karic's 50th immediate family member laid to rest at Potocari cemetery. The ceremony for her brother, Sejdin, was in 2003. "I've been able to endure everything, but I think this funeral will be the worst. We're having a bone buried. I can't describe the pain." Still in 1995 An international criminal court sentenced Mladic, now 83, and former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, now 80, to life jail terms for war crimes and genocide during the conflict that left nearly 100,000 dead. Both are still incarcerated, but a proper reckoning inside the splintered Bosnian states remains overdue. Political leaders in the Bosnian Serb entity, Republika Srpska, reject the term genocide and regularly downplay the massacre. "This denial is trivialised," Neira Sabanovic, a researcher at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles, said. "It is very rare to find someone in Republika Srpska who acknowledges that there was genocide," she said. Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik remains one of the most heard voices of genocide-denial in the statelet and Serbia. Of 305 instances of denial or downplaying in Serbian and the Bosnian Serb media during 2024, he leads the way, appearing 42 times, according to an annual study published by the Srebrenica Memorial Centre. Last year, an international day of remembrance was established by the United Nations to mark the Srebrenica genocide, despite protests from Belgrade and Republika Srpska. On Saturday, political leaders from the Bosnian Serb entity and Serbia, along with dignitaries from the Serbian Orthodox Church, will gather in Bratunac, near Srebrenica, for a commemoration of more than 3,200 eastern Bosnian Serb soldiers and civilians killed during the war. Portraits of some 600 of these dead were hung along the road this week near the Srebrenica Memorial Centre. "These people are not participating in the same debate. They are having a conversation with themselves, and they are still in 1995," the director of the Srebrenica Memorial Centre, Emir Suljagic, told local television on Thursday. "We have won a very important battle, the battle for international recognition," he added, referring to the UN resolution.
Hindustan Times
2 hours ago
- Hindustan Times
Indian man gets life imprisonment in UK for child rape, attempted rape
A 24-year old Indian man has been sentenced life imprisonment after an investigation into attempted rape and rape of a child in London. The man, Navroop Singh, was jailed following a police investigation that Scotland Yard called "significant". Singh was sentenced with a minimum term of 14 years for five charges including of rape at Isleworth Crown Court. Navroop Singh pleaded guilty to three offences including the possession of imitation firearm, rape of a minor girl under 13 and assault of a girl under 13.(AFP/ Representational Image) Navroop Singh had pleaded guilty to three offences including the possession of an imitation firearm with intent to commit offence, rape of a minor girl under 13 and assault of a girl under 13 by penetration . In October last year he was convicted of an attempted rape of a women in west London following a four day court trial at Isleworth Crown Court. Talking about the incident, Acting Chief Superintendent Sean Lynch applauded the courage of the victims and their families for their unwavering bravery and strength in reporting incident. He also said, 'Today's conviction is testament to the officers' thorough investigation, which has identified a violent sexual offender and undoubtedly prevented further harm.' Sean Lynch along with his team launched an investigation and tracked down Singh using forensics, CCTV records and witness statements to build evidence against him. Also read: Indian man in Argentina travels 400 km to say 'Hello' to PM Modi: 'I shook his hand' Investigations began in October last year An investigation was launched in October last year, after the reports of an attempted rape of a woman in her 20's. The victim approached the police who by chance were off duty new the gates of Southall Park in Ealing, west London. The police officers then accompanied her to the nearest station. Navroop Singh was sitting on a park bench that day during the early hours, waiting for a potential victim. He used an imitation firearm, assembled by him, to threaten the victim while he attempted to rape her. After the report was filed, officers went through hours of CCTV footage and tried to identify the offender. While the investigations were still going, a child was raped at a different park which led the police to realise a link between the two offenses. 'Using the increased resources which were made available, officers secured additional forensic evidence and traced the offender to within a few doors of his home address where they delivered leaflets to appeal for witnesses and carried out increased patrols of the area,' the Met Police said. The Met Police also said that for them, tacking violence against women and girls are a priority and they are working relentlessly to pursue the city's most dangerous predators who often commit other crimes. (With inputs from PTI)
Hindustan Times
6 hours ago
- Hindustan Times
After Imamoglu, Turkey arrests three more opposition mayors
The mayors of three major cities in southern Turkey were arrested Saturday, state-run media reported, joining a growing list of opposition figures detained since the mayor of Istanbul was imprisoned in March. A supporter holds a flag of Istanbul's detained Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and the First President of the Republic of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk during a protest(AFP) Abdurrahman Tutdere, the mayor of Adiyaman, and Zeydan Karalar, who heads Adana municipality, were detained in early morning raids, according to Anadolu Agency. Both are members of the main opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP. The CHP mayor of Antalya, Muhittin Bocek, was arrested with two other suspects in a separate bribery investigation by the Antalya Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, Anadolu reported. Karalar was arrested in Istanbul and Tutdere was arrested in the capital, Ankara, where he has a home. Tutdere posted on X that he was being taken to Istanbul. Ten people, including Karalar and Tutdere, were arrested as part of an investigation by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office into allegations involving organized crime, bribery and bid-rigging. Details of the charges against them were not immediately released by prosecutors but the operation follows the arrests of scores of officials from municipalities controlled by the CHP in recent months. Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, widely considered the main challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan 's 22-year rule, was jailed four months ago over corruption allegations. The former CHP mayor of Izmir, Turkey's third-largest city, and 137 municipal officials were detained earlier this week as part of an investigation into alleged tender-rigging and fraud. On Friday, ex-mayor Tunc Soyer and 59 others were jailed pending trial in what Soyer's lawyer described as 'a clearly unjust, unlawful and politically motivated decision.' Also Friday, it was reported by state-run media that the CHP mayor of Manavgat, a Mediterranean resort city in Antalya province, and 34 others were detained over alleged corruption. CHP officials have faced waves of arrests this year that many consider aimed at neutralizing Turkey's main opposition party. The government insists prosecutors and the judiciary act independently but the arrest of Istanbul's Imamoglu led to the largest street protests Turkey has seen in more than a decade. Imamoglu was officially nominated as his party's presidential candidate following his imprisonment. Turkey's next election is due in 2028 but could come sooner. The crackdown comes a year after the CHP made significant gains in local elections. Adiyaman, which was severely affected by the 2023 earthquake, was among several cities previously considered strongholds for Erdogan to fall to the opposition.
