Tag: genocide
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‘We cannot afford to be onlookers’: Holocaust survivor recalls horrors of genocide, and warns of repeated failures
CN: the Holocaust, genocide, antisemitism, torture, trauma, war INTERVIEW As the world marks 77 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, the dwindling number of Holocaust survivors becomes more and more apparent. With it, the burden of responsibility to preserve and honour the truth of what happened to Europe’s Jews falls on allies and those among…
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International leaders play dubious role in Bosnia’s ethno-nationalist terror
ANALYSIS As Bosnians look towards the new year, the list of challenges facing their country grows ever longer. Despite 26 years of peace-building by war survivors and activists, actors both within and without the country threaten to tear its fragile peace apart. EU officials appear to dither on imposing sanctions against the country’s far-right secessionist…
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Serbian parliament refuses to debate resolution on the genocide in Srebrenica
CN: genocide, war REPORT On Tuesday, Serbian MPs voted against debating three proposed resolutions relating to the 1990s Yugoslav Wars. One of these resolutions included condemning the genocide committed by Serb forces against Bosniaks in Srebrenica. The resolution sought to ban the denial of the genocide in Srebrenica that saw over 8 000 Bosniaks (mainly…
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‘This rhetoric has resulted in genocide’: Bosnian community speaks out against Dodik’s speech in Budapest
CN: this article contains discussion of genocide, war, Islamophobia, xenophobia, misogyny and violence REPORT Last week at the Fourth Budapest Demographic Summit, the Serb member of Bosnia’s Presidency, Milorad Dodik, called for European leaders to protect a “Christian Europe” from “migrants from the Middle East”. The Bosnian-Serb leader also claimed that “Muslims will never leave…
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Remembering the genocide in Srebrenica: an interview with survivor, Almasa Salihović
Support Politika News on Patreon. CN: this interview contains discussion of genocide, war-related violence, threats, trauma, and grief VIDEO This week marks 26 years since genocide was perpetrated in Srebrenica, in July 1995. The genocide took place within the context of the Bosnian War, which lasted from 1992 to 1995. In Srebrenica, 8,372 Bosniaks (Bosnian…
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No pride in apartheid: Israel’s pinkwashing and the ethnic cleansing of indigenous Palestinians
With special thanks to Anastasia Gavalas Support Politika News on Patreon. CN: this article contains discussion of trauma, genocide, homophobia, racism and pinkwashing OPINION To us, to liberate our country, to have our dignity, to have respect, to have our mere human right is something as essential as life itself. Ghassan Kanafani, speaking to Richard…
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Beyond the glitz of the Oscars, the fight for Srebrenica’s truth continues: an interview with Dr. Hikmet Karčić
Support Politika News on Patreon. CN: this article contains discussion of genocide INTERVIEW In light of the Oscar and BAFTA defeats of the nominated Bosnian film, ‘Quo Vadis Aida?’, Politika News sat down with genocide scholar, Dr. Hikmet Karčić, to discuss the bigger picture. What are the takeaways from the film’s successes and defeats? How…
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‘I’m terrified of what might come next’: an interview with Middle East academic and ‘the fire these times’ host, Joey Ayoub
Support Politika News on Patreon. CN: this article contains detailed discussion of physical violence, murder, maiming, and warfare INTERVIEW As scenes of Israeli violence against Palestinian civilians continues to fill our newsfeeds, long-time Palestinian rights activists are pushing for the latest wave of media attention to produce humanitarian results. Politika News (virtually) sat down with…
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Greek ethnic nationalism and the Yugoslav Wars: an interview with award-winning journalist and author, Takis Michas
PODCAST CN: this podcast episode contains discussion of genocide and xenophobia Before 8,372 Muslim men and boys were murdered in the Srebrenica genocide of July 1995, it was the blue-white Hellenic flag that was raised alongside the Serbian ensign in the defeated Muslim enclave. No Greek writer has done more to uncover the dark and…
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Chetnik collaboration and acts of genocide in the former Yugoslavia: an interview with Balkans scholar, Stevan Bozanich
Support Politika News on Patreon. CN: this article contains discussion of genocide INTERVIEW Stevan Bozanich is a PhD candidate at Simon Fraser University (British Columbia). His research focuses on, among other things, paramilitary violence and far-right nationalism in the former Yugoslavia. Bozanich’s wide range of published works range from the sculpture of nationalism in fin-de-siècle…
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