Bosnia marks 29th anniversary of Srebrenica massacre amid war in Gaza

Описание: Thousands gathered in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica on Thursday to commemorate the 29th anniversary of the massacre that saw more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims executed by Serb forces during the country's war.

The commemoration of the massacre, which took place after 11 July 1995, when Bosnian Serb forces captured what was then a UN-protected enclave, comes under the shadow of the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza, which has drawn a number of parallels from activists and commentators.

The Bosnian War of 1992-1995, which took place between Bosnia and Herzegovina's Croats, Muslims and Serbs, claimed approximately 100,000 lives and has left the country tense and divided along ethnic lines decades later.

The war saw widespread ethnic cleansing, and the Srebrenica massacre has officially been recognised as a genocide by a number of international organisations, including the UN.

A number of campaigners and politicians, including Benjamina Karic, the mayor of Sarajevo, have drawn direct comparisons between Srebrenica and Gaza. She said: "The reaction of the world public to these terrible and painful wounds on the body of Bosnia and Herzegovina was: 'Never again!' Today, three decades later, we are witnessing the terrible crimes and genocide being carried out against the people of Palestine.”

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