Mass graves
Kosovo Seeks Satellite Images of Suspected War Grave in Serbia
The Kosovo government told BIRN that more satellite images are needed of the Stavalj mine near Sjenica in south-west Serbia, where Kosovo Albanian victims of the Kosovo war are suspected to have been buried, in order to reach a definitive conclusion about whether excavation work at the site should continue or stop.
Grisly Discovery in Serbia Brings Trauma Back to Kosovo Village
Heavy rain cut short Besim Deliu's work at the memorial site in the village of Rezalla where he had gone to clean up his father's grave.
The grave has been left empty for more than two decades while he was waiting for the body of his father Xhelil to be found, and he has often had to remove water that has gathered there during downpours.
Serbian President Confirms 11 Bodies Found in Mass Grave
President Aleksandar Vucic told a press conference on Wednesday that a total of 21 suspected mass grave locations have been examined so far in Serbia and that "we found the bodies of, it's assumed, killed Albanians at four of the 21 locations - we did not hide anything".
Suspected Genocide Victim’s Skull Found Near Srebrenica
The Bosnian Missing Persons Institute said on Thursday evening that human remains exhumed in Pusmulici near Srebrenica are believed to be those of a Bosniak killed in the 1995 Srebrenica massacres.
Horror in Mexico! A Mass Grave with More than 50 Bodies was Found near Guadalajara
The bodies of at least 50 people were found in a mass grave at a farm outside Guadalajara's western city of Mexico, local authorities said.
The local prosecutor's office reported that 13 of the dead were identified - 12 men and a woman. The remains of the victims were repatriated to their families.
Bosnia Discovers Wartime Mass Grave in Visegrad
The Missing Persons Institute of Bosnia and Herzegovina said on Friday that the mass grave in Gradina, which was discovered two days ago, is now being exhumed.
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Bosnia Marks Srebrenica Genocide Anniversary as More Victims Buried
Prayers were said and mourners shed tears as 33 more victims Srebrenica massacres - defined as genocide by international courts - were laid to rest at a ceremony at the Potocari Memorial Centre during the annual commemoration on Thursday.
Bosnia’s Snagovo Massacre Commemorated as Killers Remain Unpunished
The killings of 36 Bosniak civilians in the village of Snagovo near Zvornik in eastern Bosnia on April 29, 1992, are being commemorated on Monday with a religious ceremony, a lecture for young people and a visit to the cemetery where the victims are buried.
The cost of doing nothing is immeasurable
The names and places associated with the atrocities that stain the world's recent history are only too well known: Guernica, Babi Yar, Sharpeville, Treblinka, Hiroshima, Halabja, Rwanda, Srebrenica and, more recently, Aleppo and Yemen, to name but a few. The memories of those who have suffered are as painful as the list is long.
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465 Children Exhumed from Bosnia War Graves
Bosnia’s Institute for Missing Persons said that 456 children aged 17 and under who were killed in the 1990s war - including nine babies - have been exhumed from mass graves so far.
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