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Articles by Dzenana Halimovic
‘Weekend Snipers’: Were Foreigners Paying To Kill Civilians In Sarajevo?
Embed The code has been copied to your clipboard. width px height px The URL has been copied to your clipboard No media source currently available 0:00 0:06:48 0:00 The question of who targeted the residents of besieged Sarajevo through sniper scopes during the Bosnian War has gone unanswered for three decades. Whether some of these individuals paid to kill women, children, and the elderly while on "safari-like" trips is now the subject of an investigation.
Iškilo kaltinimai „mirties turizmu“ Sarajeve - mokėjo pinigus už šaudymą į civilius
Dzenana Halimovic, Predrag Zvijerac, „Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty“, LRT.lt 2025.12.28 16:01 00:00 | 00:00 1993 m. spalio 8 d. Irina Cesič šventė savo pirmąjį gimtadienį. Po keturių dienų mergaitė žuvo nuo snaiperio kulkos Bosnijos sostinės Sarajevo gatvėse. Ši publikacija yra LRT.lt portalo partnerio „Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty“ (RFE / RL) originalus kūrinys.
Cazul „Lunetiștilor de weekend” redeschide trauma din timpul războiului la Sarajevo
Irina Cesic a împlinit un an pe 8 octombrie 1993. Patru zile mai târziu, a fost ucisă pe o stradă din Sarajevo, capitala Bosniei, de glonțul unui lunetist. „Din momentul în care Irina a început să meargă, soția mea, Stana, a ținut-o de mânuță”, spune tatăl Irinei, Samir Cesic, pentru RFE/RL. „N-am înțeles niciodată de ce ar trage cineva într-o țintă de 50-60 de centimetri – înălțimea unei fetițe de un an – în locul uneia mai mari, ca soția mea, care ar fi fost mai ușor de nimerit”.
'Weekend Snipers' Claims Reopen Wartime Trauma In Sarajevo
Irina Cesic celebrated her first birthday on October 8, 1993. Four days later, she was killedby a sniper’s bullet on the streets of the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo. "Since Irina had just learned to walk, my wife Stana was holding her by the hand," Irina’s father, Samir Cesic, told RFE/RL.
30 de ani. Comemorarea genocidului de la Srebrenița scoate în evidență lacunele din justiție și oferă o speranță pentru Ucraina
Distribuie 30 de ani. Comemorarea genocidului de la Srebrenița scoate în evidență lacunele din justiție și oferă o speranță pentru Ucraina În timp sunt comemorați 30 de ani de la masacrul de la Srebrenița, cei care au lucrat pentru aducerea făptașilor în fața justiției spun că există multe lecții de învățat pentru a face față atrocităților comise de Rusia în Ucraina.
Srebrenica Genocide Anniversary Highlights Justice Gaps and Global Implications
SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- Every year, Nermin Catic returns to Bosnia from his home in Sweden to open up his family’s old house, which now stands empty. He’s been waiting three decades for his brother’s remains to be found. His mother spent the rest of her life trying to locate them, only to die without answers. “How long can hope endure? I fear I will lose hope before I move on to the next world,” he told RFE/RL’s Balkan Service. No body. No justice. No closure.
Bosnia Struggles With Aftermath Of Deadly Floods
Bosnia-Herzegovina is beginning to recover from deadly floods. At least 19 people have died and several are missing in the biggest inundation the Western Balkan country has seen in decades. Road and rail traffic has been disrupted in parts of central Bosnia. Local elections scheduled for October 6 were postponed in the flooded areas.
How Bosnian Rape Survivors Find Solace In Sewing
The "Brave and Proud" workshop was set up as a support group for women who survived being raped during the 1992-95 Bosnian War. The women design and make slippers, prayer mats, bags, and other handicrafts. They say the workshop has brought them some peace, joy, and laughter. A UN international court estimated that as many as 50,000 women were raped during the Bosnian War. Share How Bosnian Rape Survivors Find Solace In Sewing
With Help Across Partisan Lines, Bosnian Veteran Searches For The Missing
Dzebrail Bajramovic, a veteran of Bosnia-Herzegovina's war of the early 1990s, is dedicated to helping locate some of the thousands of victims who remain missing. Cooperating with local prosecutors and the government institute for missing persons, Bajramovic works to gather information on victims' possible whereabouts from people who fought on opposing sides of the war. He was motivated partly by his own experience in the conflict, when he was wounded and nearly died alone.
Bosnian Wildfires Threatens Remote Old-Growth Forest
Aerial crews are battling fires in Bosnia-Herzegovina, including a week-old inferno in the inaccessible Zelengora mountain range. Centuries-old trees and more than 150 hectares have been lost there. Meanwhile, closer to the capital fire crews battle two other blazes, racing against time during a hot, summer drought.
Vast Bosnian Cave System Recognized As UNESCO Site
Bosnia-Herzegovina's Vjetrenica Cave was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in July -- but its unique features and cool breezes were known even to the ancient Greeks. Remains of a prehistoric cave bear and a leopard species were found here, and more than 200 other life forms still thrive.
Exhibition Pays Tribute To Love In The Time Of The Bosnian War
The Wartime Love project tells the story of couples who met during the Siege of Sarajevo. RFE/RL spoke to Sanela and Emir Klaic, one of the couples who feature in the exhibition, whose wedding photo from the war-torn city featured on magazines around the world at the time. Thousands died when Bosnian Serb forces laid siege to the Bosnian capital from 1992 to 1995. Share Exhibition Pays Tribute To Love In The Time Of The Bosnian War
A Doctor Hid Bones Of Srebrenica Victims In His Garden. He's Still Practicing.
A Bosnian Serb doctor hid bones of Srebrenica victims in his garden, after using them "to plan surgery." People in Brcko, where doctor Nebojsa Mraovic works, have voiced shock. But when RFE/RL called his office, he was still working there.
'My Alma Is Gone': Bosnian Woman Killed By Husband Despite Repeated Warnings Of Domestic Violence
Despite repeatedly filing domestic violence reports to police and social services, Alma Kadic was killed by her husband in front of their 4-year-old daughter in July 2021 in Sarajevo. Her husband, Eldin Hodzic, was finally sentenced to 35 years in prison in April of this year. But what measures are authorities taking to prevent cases like this from happening again? Alma's mother, Sevda Kadic, is urging people to speak out about domestic violence in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Mortified Bosnians Seek To 'Ungoogle' An Ethnic-Cleansing Hotel Of Horrors
Activists in Bosnia-Herzegovina are asking Google to stop promoting a secluded resort that was used for the wartime torture, rape, and killing of Bosniaks in the 1990s. Authorities in the mostly ethnic Serb region of Republika Srpska recently included the Vilina Vlas -- a spa hotel that Bosnian Serb paramilitaries occupied early in the Bosnian War -- among sites where citizens could redeem state vouchers to boost the tourism sector, which has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
Sarajevo School Renamed for Controversial Bosnian Who Backed Nazis
When students at the former Dobrosevici Elementary School on the outskirts of Sarajevo return to class after their summer break, they'll see familiar faces, textbooks, and desks. What won't be familiar is the nameplate on the school itself. In a controversial move, the authorities renamed the school last week after Mustafa Busuladzic, a Bosniak activist whose fascist and anti-Semitic views during World War II ended with his execution in 1946.
Prospect Of Bosnian Serb Mayor Opens Old Wounds In Srebrenica
SARAJEVO -- Around the world, Srebrenica has become a modern byword for genocide. Yet now, for the first time since Bosnia-Herzegovina's brutal 1992-95 war, the town is poised to usher in a mayor who refuses to acknowledge that an act of genocide ever happened there. According to preliminary results from the October 2 election, Mladen Grujicic, a 34-year-old Bosnian Serb, is on track to become the town's next mayor. And many locals doubt he'll do anything to help heal Srebrenica's still-raw wounds.
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