NewsCloud.com Muslims News http://www.newscloud.com/section/muslims Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:17:59 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 en-us Christiane Amanpour: Srebrenica Genocide is a Collective Failure http://www.newscloud.com/read/Christiane_Amanpour_Srebrenica_Genocide_is_a_Collective_Failure Now Amanpour She reminds viewers that the slaughter in Bosnia happened in full view of the world, captured on 24-hour television news. Ms. Amanpour describes the efforts of Richard Holbrooke, a private citizen who would later become one of President Bill Clinton's most influential advisors; Mr. Holbrooke tried to persuade the Clinton administration to use military force to stop the principal aggressors, the Bosnian Serbs. It would take three years - and the Srebrenica genocide - a massacre of more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys in the town of Srebrenica - for him to make his case and secure U.S. military support to end the "ethnic cleansing."

]]> Serbia Directly Responsible for Srebrenica Genocide, New Evidence http://www.newscloud.com/read/Serbia_Directly_Responsible_for_Srebrenica_Genocide_New_Evidence Thousands of new evidence might be submitted at the trial to Momcilo Perisic, which began at The Hague Tribunal, Dnevni avaz paper writes. These documents are supposed to show a direct link between the Yugoslav Army and war events in Bosnia-Herzegovina. A recording of a conversation between Ratko Mladic and Momcilo Perisic will reveal the truth on Yugoslavia`s responsibility for genocide.

]]> 883 Srebrenica Genocide Victims Found in Kamenica 11 Mass Grave http://www.newscloud.com/read/883_Srebrenica_Genocide_Victims_Found_in_Kamenica_11_Mass_Grave Bosnian forensic expert team from Tuzla has exhumed 50 complete and 883 partial remains of the Srebrenica genocide victims from mass graves Kamenica 11 and 12.

According to Murat Husic, head of the expert team, these are remains of the Bosnian civilians from Srebrenica mass murdered by the genocidal Serbian fascist aggresor in July 1995.

Exhumation from mass grave "Kamenica 11" shall continue while "Kamenica 12" will be closed. According to the number of revealed genocide victims' remains, these are the largest mass graves recovered in this part of Bosnia so far.

]]> No Justice for 10,000 Srebrenica Genocide Victims Frustrates Survivors http://www.newscloud.com/read/No_Justice_for_10000_Srebrenica_Genocide_Victims_Frustrates_Survivors The international courts and tribunals focus on the rights of the accused and on bringing the trial to a swift conclusion. There is a growing consensus that the needs of Srebrenica genocide victims need to be addressed.

]]> Serbian Police Tortures Bosniaks Muslims in Sandzak, Photos http://www.newscloud.com/read/Serbian_Police_Tortures_Bosniaks_Muslims_in_Sandzak_Photos According to the Sanjak Committee for Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms, "Although the authorities of Serbia, Montenegro and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia were trying to prove there hasn't been any violations of human rights and freedom of Bosniaks [in Sanjak]... the facts were telling the opposite story." Take a look at photos of torture. Sanjak (Bosnian: Sand ak) is a region, divided between Serbia and Montenegro, mainly populated by Bosniaks Muslims. During 1990s, it was a place of brutal killings and torture of Bosniak population by the oppressive Serbian regime. Sanjak Bosniaks particularly suffered during and after the Srebrenica genocide.

]]> Relatives of Srebrenica Genocide Victims Shocked at Genocide Suspect Acquittals http://www.newscloud.com/read/Relatives_of_Srebrenica_Genocide_Victims_Shocked_at_Genocide_Suspect_Acquittals The Bosnian war crimes court found three Serb ex-soldiers not guilty of war crimes charges this week, and sentenced a fourth to just seven years, sparking outrage from victims' groups. The four men on trial were military policemen serving with the Bosnian Serb forces which in July 1995 seized the town of Srebrenica, a United Nations-protected enclave, and killed around 8,000 Bosniak men and boys sheltering there.

]]> Mladen Blagojevic Guilty in Srebrenica Genocide Trial and Sentenced to 7 Years http://www.newscloud.com/read/Mladen_Blagojevic_Guilty_in_Srebrenica_Genocide_Trial_and_Sentenced_to_7_Years The Bosnian Serb Mladen Blagojevic is responsible for abusing and killing Bosnian civilians in Srebrenica in 1995. Blagojevic (39) was found guilty of participating in widespread and systematic attacks by the Serbian army against Bosnian civilians during Srebrenica genocide.

]]> Two Srebrenica Genocide Fugitives Arrested http://www.newscloud.com/read/Two_Srebrenica_Genocide_Fugitives_Arrested Bosnian police today arrested two Bosnian Serb wartime commanders suspected of taking part in genocide against Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) in Srebrenica in July 1995, a police statement said. The State Protection and Investigative Agency arrested Momir Peles, 59, and Slavko Peric, 61, in the eastern town of Zvornik, where they had served as the Zvornik brigade 1st battalion's deputy commander and an assistant commander.

]]> Resolution 819 for Prevention of Srebrenica Genocide http://www.newscloud.com/read/Resolution_819_for_Prevention_of_Srebrenica_Genocide The U.N. Security Council Resolution 819 demanded Serbia and Montenegro (Yugoslavia) to take measures to prevent Srebrenica genocide and cease the supply of military arms, equipment and services to the Bosnian Serbs.

]]> Barack Obama Compares Srebrenica Genocide to African-American Hardship http://www.newscloud.com/read/Barack_Obama_Compares_Srebrenica_Genocide_to_AfricanAmerican_Hardship Barack Hussein Obama made controversial statement in 1995. The Srebrenica genocide was uncovered in 1995, the largest mass murder in Europe since World War II. At that time, Omaba linked the two, equating his perception of the hardships of African-Americans face in this country with the hardship Bosniaks (Muslims) faced in Srebrenica genocide.

]]> Srebrenica Genocide Movie Wins Top Honors, Resolution 819 http://www.newscloud.com/read/Srebrenica_Genocide_Movie_Wins_Top_Honors_Resolution_819 "Resolution 819", a film about the Srebrenica genocide in the last months of Bosnia's 1992-1995 war, won the top prize at the Rome film festival on Friday. A French production directed by Italy's Giacomo Battiato, the film tells the true story of a policeman sent by the U.N.'s highest court to investigate the disappearance of 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys from the Bosnian town after it fell to Bosnian Serb forces. Srebrenica genocide claimed lives of 10,000 Bosniaks - men, children, and elderly.

]]> Yugoslav Gen Momcilo Perisic on Trial for Srebrenica Genocide http://www.newscloud.com/read/Yugoslav_Gen_Momcilo_Perisic_on_Trial_for_Srebrenica_Genocide Momcilo Perisic - who commanded the VJ (Yugoslav Army) at the time of the Sarajevo siege, as well as the Srebrenica genocide in July 1995 - is standing trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including persecution, murder and extermination of civilians in Bosnia and Croatia between 1993 and 1995. He is accused of aiding and abetting the deliberate killing and wounding of thousands of Sarajevo civilians in sniper attacks, artillery and mortar shelling.

]]> Serbs Against Srebrenica Genocide Denial http://www.newscloud.com/read/Serbs_Against_Srebrenica_Genocide_Denial We wish to thank all Serbs who stand up against Srebrenica Genocide denial, noting recent cases of NATASA KANDIC [who in September 2005 was given the title of honorary citizen of Sarajevo for her insistence on the truth about the genocide in Srebrenica], DEJAN ANASTASIJEVIC [whose life was recently targeted during a bombed attack on his Belgrade appartment], Serbian WOMEN IN BLACK [who were attacked as recently as January 23 2007 by the same hooligans who threw tear gas at the Women in Black's protest vigil marking the tenth anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre in Republic Square in July 2005.

]]> Srebrenica Genocide - Europe's Worst Genocide Since the Holocaust http://www.newscloud.com/read/Srebrenica_Genocide_Europe_s_Worst_Genocide_Since_the_Holocaust Srebrenica genocide --- Many of the victims were harmless old men, women and children, and they were raped, tortured and butchered with such callous deliberation that the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia are in no doubt it was an act of genocide.

]]> Srebrenica Genocide Architect Radovan Karadzic Unprepared for Srebrenica Genocide Trial http://www.newscloud.com/read/Srebrenica_Genocide_Architect_Radovan_Karadzic_Unprepared_for_Srebrenica_Genocide_Trial Karadzic, who was arrested in July after 13 years on the run, faces charges of genocide and crimes against humanity for allegedly masterminding atrocities by Bosnian Serb forces throughout Bosnia's 1992-1995 war, including the massacre of 8,000 Muslim men at Srebrenica and the deadly four-year siege of the capital, Sarajevo.

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