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Smajo Bešo OBE

4 months

Mostar, January 1994 I was 8 years old; my family and I were living under siege in East Mostar, where we had found refuge and shelter after being “ethnically cleansed” from our hometown several months earlier.

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Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

2 years

Imagine being a genocide survivor this evening, listening to this, having to put your kids to bed with this going on outside your window. Europe failed Bosnia in the 1990’s and its failing Bosnian all over again.

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For all those celebrating “75 years of peace in Europe” today. It’s incredible how little is known about the genocide & slaughter of Muslims in Bosnia 25 years ago. 50,000 young girls/women raped, biggest network of concentration camps since WW2. #VEDay75

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I always struggle watching this video, it’s just unimaginable being in this helpless position. Serbian soldiers force Ramo Osmanovic to call for his son Nermin. Both were executed. #Srebrenica25

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The world or so called international community watched for nearly 4 years as Bosniak Muslims were hunted, slaughtered, raped and kept in one of the biggest networks of concentration camps since the Holocaust.

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@SmajoBeso

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People complaining about isolation & having to stay indoors....with internet, TV, plenty of food & water. I hope it gives us much needed insight into the plight of refugees living in tents & detention centres this evening without any of these comforts. #ukcoronavirus #COVID_19uk

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@SmajoBeso

2 years

On this day in 1994 - we arrived in Newcastle as refugees from Bosnia.

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@SmajoBeso

2 years

Photo shows Bosniak Muslim survivors of Dretelj concentration camp in 1994 shortly after they were released. It was one of the most notorious Croat ran concentration camps in Bosnia. Images like this are incredible - you’d be forgiven for thinking they were from the 1940’s….

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@SmajoBeso

1 year

There are many in Europe that agree with Serb nationalist narrative that they were “freeing” Europe from Muslim “invaders” in the 1990’s. Serb soldiers force Ramo to call for his son Nermin. Both were executed. The World enables this ideology to flourish.

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@SmajoBeso

3 years

I regularly share this video & struggle watching it every single time - it’s just unimaginable being in such a helpless position. Serbian soldiers force Ramo Osmanovic to call for his son Nermin. Both were executed.

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@SmajoBeso

1 year

There is something so beautiful in hearing the ezan (Muslim call to prayer) in a place where Croat and Serb fascists tried to erase every single trace of Muslims and Islam.

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@SmajoBeso

1 year

How beautiful in Bosnia and Herzegovina 💚

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@SmajoBeso

2 years

“Kill me, kill me, leave the children…” 11,541 civilians killed, 1,601 of those were CHILDREN. The Siege of Sarajevo is the longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare.

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@SmajoBeso

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Bosnian soldier cries as he stands next to his family home in the village of Prhovo where Serb forces killed 69 people. “I don’t have this evil inside me to do the same to him, I can kill him, but I won’t kill his child, sister, mother or grandfather.”

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@SmajoBeso

2 years

Screams of an innocent child in Ukraine as Russian jets target civilians. If they survive this war, they’ll carry this trauma and pain with them forever.

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@SmajoBeso

1 year

A new documentary, ‘Sarajevo Safari,’ shows how “manhunting" tours occurred during the war against Bosnian. Rich foreigners paid for the chance to shoot at civilians in the besieged Sarajevo from Serb army positions.

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@SmajoBeso

4 years

My family came to Newcastle on 19th July 1994. We fled the war in Bosnia. I was 9 at the time. I missed my home, family & friends. I’d spend days daydreaming of going back. Recently, I found an ‘autobiography’ that I wrote soon after arriving. #WorldRefugeeDay #RefugeeWeek2020

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@SmajoBeso

3 years

The siege of Sarajevo, the longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare, began on this day in 1992. It lasted for 3 years, 10 months, 3 weeks & 3 days (5 Apr 1992 to 29 Feb 1996) 11,541 civilians killed, 1601 of those were children.

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Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

6 months

I visited Buckingham Palace last week to receive an O.B.E from King Charles III. I was named in the New Year honours list for my work on genocide and Holocaust education. I spent the morning thinking about what 9-year-old Smajo, who started school in year 5 without knowing….

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@HMD_UK

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'People resorted to eating grass and chicken feed just to stay alive.' @SmajoBeso has seen the worst and best of humanity. After surviving the genocide in Bosnia, he found safety in the UK where he proudly embraces his Bosnian roots and new-found Geordie identity.

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Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

1 year

It’s heartbreaking watching scenes from Knowsley. It’s not the welcome I received when my family came to the UK as refugees from the war in Bosnia. The refugee centre in Newcastle was the first place our family was together since my dad was taken away to a concentration camp.

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@SmajoBeso

1 year

I’ve been asked a few times today if I’ll be supporting Croatia tonight… This is the Croatian football celebrating their win over Brazil by singing songs from neo-fascist Marko Perković Thompson, which make references to the Croat wartime para-state ‘Herzeg-Bosna’. #ARG #HRV

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Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

5 months

When the far-right talk about “freeing Europe from Muslim invaders” this is what they mean - it’s why Serb nationalists like Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic are now heroes. Serb soldiers force Ramo to call for his son Nermin. Both were executed.

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@SmajoBeso

2 years

It’s not just that the world didn’t rescue Bosnians from Genocide - or that the international response was slow. The international community was actually very quick to place a weapons embargo on Bosnia which meant we weren’t even allowed to defend ourselves.

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@SmajoBeso

1 year

This is former @LFC defender Dejan Lovren & @intermilan player Marcelo Brozovic singing ‘Za Dom Spremni’ (For homeland - ready). It’s a salute used during World War II by the Croatian fascist Ustaše movement. It was the Ustaše equivalent of the Nazi salute "Sieg heil".

Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

1 year

I’ve been asked a few times today if I’ll be supporting Croatia tonight… This is the Croatian football celebrating their win over Brazil by singing songs from neo-fascist Marko Perković Thompson, which make references to the Croat wartime para-state ‘Herzeg-Bosna’. #ARG #HRV

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@SmajoBeso

1 year

“Kill me, kill me, leave the children…” The so called “civilised world” not only watched but prevented us from defending ourselves as we were hunted, killed and raped in Bosnia. And we haven’t learned anything since.

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Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

4 years

Today is #WhiteArmbandDay marking the start of torture, rape, expulsion & extermination of thousands of Muslims & Catholics from the Prijedor area of Bosnia. 3,173 civilians killed. 206 Catholic, 102 children & 256 women.

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Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

5 months

Genocide of Bosnian Muslims and fascism is openly celebrated in Europe. It’s been happening for decades. No one in Europe reacts. Why? Imagine if it was Bosnian Muslims doing this? Next time someone tries to lecture you about European values show them this. #EuropeanValues

Jakub Bielamowicz

@KubaBielamowicz

5 months

Kremlin-aligned Bosnian Serb secessionist @MiloradDodik has just released a promo video for his Jan 9 paramilitary parade that glorifies the onset of the Bosnian genocide. In 2015, the BiH Constitutional Court declared the ‘Republika Srpska Day’ illegal.

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Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

11 months

How many Brits visit Croatia every single year and make the trip to Bosnia to see the old Bridge (Stari Most) not knowing that the Croatian Army destroyed it…..

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@SmajoBeso

2 years

But the people of Newcastle welcomed us into their community. Today I am 100% Bosnian and 100% Geordie (I was never good at maths😜). That's what makes Newcastle a great city: it is a place where we are all the same because we are all free to be different.

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@SmajoBeso

3 years

The Bosnian Genocide in Srebrenica was the worst atrocity on European soil since the Holocaust. Here’s what led to it 👇

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@SmajoBeso

1 year

When it comes to the War in Bosnia, some people know about the crimes committed by Bosnian-Serb Forces but little is known about the crimes committed by Bosnian-Croat Forces and the involvement of the Republic of Croatia.

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@SmajoBeso

3 years

Recently, I’ve had several academics, researchers & experts trying to convince me that the war against Bosnia & the situation today is “complicated”. Bosniak Muslims were hunted & slaughtered like animals. I’m not sure which bit is complicated?

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@SmajoBeso

4 years

Jimmi James is a former British soldier originally from Edinburgh. In 1992 & only 22 years of age, he joined the Bosnian Army in Mostar. He filmed the destruction of Stari Most. He travelled for days from Mostar to Sarajevo to get the footage out to the rest of the world.

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@SmajoBeso

1 year

I wonder if Bosnia will ever have a leader like Kurti?

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@admirim

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Kosovo's PM @albinkurti for @CNN : I will not surrender our democratic republic to a fascist militia. Municipalities should be for everyone, not for Serbia's parallel structures turned into criminal gangs. We consider both the US and the EU as indispensable allies, friends.

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@SmajoBeso

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For all those that still refer to it as a civil war. Members of the Croatian Army guide members of the HVO (Croatian Defence Council l) during the destruction of the Old Bridge in Mostar. I was in Mostar then, 8 years old, living under siege.

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1 year

The story of Graham Bamford isn’t well known in the UK or Bosnia for that matter, even though he gave his life for the people of Bosnia. On the 29th April 1993, he doused himself with gasoline and set himself on fire in front of the British House of Commons in an attempt….

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2 years

🇭🇷 Croatia's President Zoran Milanović is visiting Bosnia this week to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the formation of the Croatian Defence Council (HVO), which was responsible for war crimes in Bosnia. Will @josattler , as the EU ambassador to Bosnia, comment on this?

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@SmajoBeso

4 years

The Srebrenica Flower has 11 petals representing 11th of July 1995, the start of the genocide in Srebrenica. The white colour represents the innocence of its victims and the green represents hope for justice & recognition of the genocide. #Srebrenica25

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@SmajoBeso

3 months

“Kill me, kill me, leave the children…” 11,541 civilians killed, 1,601 of those were CHILDREN. The Siege of Sarajevo is the longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare. I wish I could say we’ve learned something from this….

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@SmajoBeso

2 years

#OTD in 1994, my auntie Emina was killed by Bosnian-Croat nationalists. She would have been 66 years old. She would have seen her 2 boys grow up, get married and have kids of their own. She would have been a grandmother. This tragedy isn’t just about the life that has ended. 1/3

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@SmajoBeso

3 years

March 1994, my uncle Halil returning home after spending more than 9 months in several Herceg-Bosna (Bosnian-Croat para-state) concentration camps. I witnessed him being taken away from his home in July of 1993 by Bosnian-Croat soldiers - he knew most of them personally.

Amer Obradovic

@Americhhi

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Ne plašim se ja vukova već ljudi.. - logori Herceg-Bosne jesu jedna od najmračnijih ljudskih epizoda u Evropi na kraju 20. vijeka.

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@SmajoBeso

3 years

“My son raised his hands in surrender. He was shot dead immediately. He fell and remained lying. Today is my sons birthday, 14th November. He would have been 31 today but he is under the ground..... I’m testifying on his day.”

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@SmajoBeso

4 years

“My son raised his hands in surrender. He was shot dead immediately. He fell and remained lying. Today is my sons birthday, 14th November. He would have been 31 today but he is under the ground..... I’m testifying on his day.”

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@SmajoBeso

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“the world stood behind Muslim Bosnia in the early 1990s” Yes… with sanctions preventing Bosnia from defending itself & then watching as thousands were locked up in concentration camps, 60,000 young girls & women raped, and 100,000 people killed. Who is this guy?

Brice Couturier

@briceculturier

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Face à la menace d'épuration ethnique et religieuse, le monde s'était engagé derrière la Bosnie musulmane, au début des années 1990. Pourquoi les Arméniens sont-ils, eux, à ce point abandonnés ? Osons le dire : parce qu'ils sont chrétiens.

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@SmajoBeso

3 years

Sarajevo…

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@SmajoBeso

2 years

“U.N. Lifts Bosnia weapons embargo” It was controversial to let Bosniak Muslims defend themselves. The world watched as we were slaughtered for nearly 4 years. All those countries that supported this embargo ultimately share responsibility for what happened to Bosnia.

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@SmajoBeso

1 year

The Bosnian genocide was the worst atrocity on European soil since WWll. Muslims were hunted, slaughtered & raped for nearly 4 years. For those that say the Europe / world didn’t know what was happening is not only insulating it is also dehumanising.

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@SmajoBeso

6 months

Every time I hear European politicians speaking like this, I’m reminded of Milosevic, Tudjman, Karadzic, Kordic, Mladic… all those great European patriots that lectured Bosnian Muslims about democracy and human rights in the 1990’s.

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🇳🇱🇹🇷🚨‼️ “You are no Europeans and you will never be! An Islamic state like Turkey does not belong to Europe.” — Geert Wilders

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Smajo Bešo OBE

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4 years

As we approach holocaust Memorial Day & reflect on the horrors of the Holocaust, it’s also important to remember that 2020 marks the 25th Anniversary of the Genocide in Bosnia. Now an inspiration for fascists & white supremacists around the world. #HMD2020

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Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

4 months

There was no “slow” international response to the slaughter of Bosnian Muslims. The international community was quick to place Bosnia under sanctions and then watched as we were hunted, tortured, raped and killed for nearly 4 years.

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1 year

Ratko Mladic, the butcher of Bosnia and Muslims. Inspiration to fascists and islamophobes across the world.

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@SmajoBeso

8 months

"Ethnic Cleansing" is a Euphemism Used for Genocide denial. It is a term invented by Slobodan Milošević and Serbian propagandists as a euphemism for forced deportation and genocide.

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@SmajoBeso

3 years

The International Criminal Tribunal is scheduled to deliver its final verdict on an appeal by former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic against his genocide conviction.

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@SmajoBeso

3 years

Today marks the start of Srebrenica Memorial Week. A week in which we gather to remember the victims & survivors of the Bosnian Genocide to reflect & learn lessons from the past. We have many events & activities planned across the North East. I’ll be sharing details soon.

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@SmajoBeso

2 years

Europe was able to watch this for nearly 4 years….

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Children were regular targets of Serb Forces during the Siege of Sarajevo. Their snipers did not spare a living soul. #SarajevoSiege

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@SmajoBeso

1 year

A Bosniak mother testifying about the murder of her husband & son Ahmed, on what would have been his birthday. “My son raised his hands in surrender. He was shot. He fell & remained lying. Today is my sons birthday. He would have been 31 today…”

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@SmajoBeso

4 years

Europe 1993 not 1943. Today marks the anniversary of the massacre of Muslims civilians in the village of Ahmici by Bosnia-Croat nationalists. 120 civilians were killed including women and children. Oldest was 82 and youngest was just 3 months old.

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The story of Graham Bamford isn’t well known in the UK or Bosnia for that matter, even though he gave his life for the people of Bosnia. On the 29th April 1993, he doused himself with gasoline and set himself on fire in front of the British House of Commons in an attempt….

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@SmajoBeso

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“I could see the lines, rows & rows of dead bodies. I knew it was the end really, in that moment. They ordered us to lay down & I just thought, my mother would never know where I ended up, how I finished”. Nedzad Avdic, 17 years old at the time.

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When people celebrate the formation of “Herzeg-Bosna” & call for it’s revival, this is what they’re calling for. Nura Pezer testifying about the murder of her husband Šefik & son Ahmed, on what would have been his birthday.

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1 year

Eduard Limonov, a Russian writer & political activist, visited Bosnia in 1992. He can be seen in this video, while accompanied by Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, firing a machine gun at civilians in besieged Sarajevo.

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@SmajoBeso

5 months

When the Serb paramilitary group know as the Tigers stormed the northeast town of Bijeljina in 1992 and butchered local Muslims, their leader, nicknamed Arkan, sought – and received – the public blessing of one of the leading bishops.

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@SmajoBeso

3 years

The #Srebrenica Flower has 11 petals representing 11th of July 1995, the start of the genocide in Srebrenica. The white colour represents the innocence of its victims & the green represents hope for justice & recognition of the genocide. #BosnianGenocide

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@SmajoBeso

3 years

This is Ramo’s wife, Saliha Osmanovic. They had two sons together, Nermin and Edin. Now she lives alone.

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@SmajoBeso

2 years

The Bosnian genocide was the worst atrocity on European soil since WWll. For those that say Europe and the rest of the “international community” didn’t know what was happening in Bosnia is not only insulating it is also dehumanising.

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@SmajoBeso

2 years

This is what fascists were celebrating last night & by doing so reaffirmed their commitment to repeat it. Serbian soldiers force Ramo to call for his son Nermin. Both were executed. The international community stood by & watched, the UN enabled it.

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@SmajoBeso

3 years

During the War in Bosnia, Bosnian Serb troops waged a campaign of war crimes ‘ethnic cleansing’ & genocide. A film produced by the BBC for the UK ceremony for HMD 2020, journalist Ed Vulliamy and survivors of the genocide describe what happened. #HMD2021

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@SmajoBeso

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“I had a husband and 2 sons. I lived here with my children and sons, now I live alone....my husband Ramo & son Nermin tried to escape across the forest, but they were killed......” Ramo’s wife, Saliha Osmanovic.

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In 1995, Serb soldiers murdered a Bosniak Muslim by hanging him from a tree & cutting of his head. His body was thrown into the river & his head was kicked about like a football. Europe is desperately trying to forget its role in the war against Bosnia.

Bosnian Serb Fighter Convicted of ‘Brutal’ Persecution of Bosniaks

Wartime Bosnian Serb police reservist and army officer Rade Garic was sentenced to 20 years in prison for persecuting Bosniaks from the Vlasenica and Srebrenica areas in 1992 and 1995 in a series of...

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@SmajoBeso

3 years

On April 16, 1993, Croatian Defence Council fighters slaughtered 116 Bosnjak civilians including elderly people, women & children. The oldest victims was 82, while the youngest was just 3 months old. The bodies of 29 victims are still to be found.

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“Baby is dead” Srebrenica, UN-protected Safe Area, 1993. UN doctors returning dead boy’s body to his parents. #srebrenica

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@SmajoBeso

2 years

This film about the siege of east Mostar by @BowenBBC & his team, is truly one of the most remarkable pieces of journalism. They risked their own lives to raise awareness of what was really happening in Bosnia at the time. Every time I watch it, I wonder how anyone survived.

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1 year

How beautiful in Bosnia and Herzegovina 💚

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Serb and Croat fascists were killing children in the heart of Europe for nearly 4 years while the so called civilised world not only watched, it prevented us from defending ourselves. All those nations that supported the weapons embargo are complicit. Amel was 16 years old….

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AMEL HODŽIĆ was killed on 3 May 1995. He was playing tennis with his friends when the #Serb sniper shot him in the chest. His mother tried to save help him but it was too late. Amel was 16 years old. #SniperAlley #Brother #MyBrother

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In Prijedor, Muslims & Catholics suffered the same fate. 3,173 civilians killed: 206 Catholic, 102 children & 256 women. People were forced to mark their houses with white bedsheets & wear white armbands in public. Yet, we say fascism was defeated in WW2

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This Bosnian woman puts herself at risk every day by helping refugees and visiting their camps.

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Tomašica mass grave, where several of my family friends were found, is just few miles away from the location of this March. Imagine what it was like last night, for survivors living there….

Samir Beharić

@SamBeharic

2 years

Tonight I am in thoughts with Muslim returnees in Prijedor, who must feel frightened as hooligans chant songs hailing war criminal Ratko Mladić: "General [Mladić], we thank your mother." Tomašica mass grave, the largest in BiH, is just miles away from the location on the video.

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2 years

Human beings need more than food, shelter and water to thrive: we need to feel safe. Nobody chooses to leave their home, their culture, all of their friends and neighbours, and for a long time I wanted to go back to Bosnia.

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The Partisan Cemetery in Mostar is regularly vandalised by Croat fascists - most recently nearly all 700 memorial plaques were destroyed. Sadly, Croat radicalisation is ignored by the EU because of strong Croat lobby within. This video is from last month.

Chris Leslie

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Been in Mostar all week filming new documentary about the Partisan Necropolis and the fight to save it. Arrived this morning, Iast day of shoot, to find new swastika graffiti on entrance :( #Mostar #partisan #necropolis

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During the war against Bosnia up to 60,000 women & girls were raped, vast majority being Bosniak Muslim. Most perpetrators have never faced justice and never will. Up to 4,000 children were born as a result of rape.

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Smajo Bešo OBE

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During the War in Bosnia, Bosnian Serb troops waged a campaign of war crimes ‘ethnic cleansing’ & genocide. A film produced by the BBC for HMD, journalist Ed Vulliamy and survivors of the genocide describe what happened. #SrebrenicaGenocide

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Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

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“My son raised his hands in surrender. He was shot dead immediately. He fell and remained lying. Today is my sons birthday, 14th November. He would have been 31 today but he is under the ground..... I’m testifying on his day.”

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Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

1 year

@politico How do you not know about the wars that accompanied the breakup of Yugoslavia and the Bosnian genocide? Or do you purposely choose to forget the 100,000 dead in Bosnia, 60,000 raped, the thousands in concentration camps. Shocking and embarrassing tweet.

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Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

2 years

This has happened in multiple cities in Serbia and Republika Srpska.

Ika Ferrer Gotić

@IkaFerrerGotic

2 years

#BREAKING In multiple Bosnian cities, ahead of unconstitutional Day of Republic of Srpska, nationalist groups chant glorifying #warcriminals . "General Ratko Mladić, praises to your mother!" Mladić was sentenced to life in Hague for #genocide and crimes against humanity.

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Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

2 years

Those celebrating are reaffirming their commitment to repeat the 90’s.

Dr Emina Hadziosmanovic

@dr_emina

2 years

This is truly worrying and absolutely not to be underestimated. This is how #Genocide and mass #EthnicCleansing began in #Bosnia before. Hate speech is never ‘just speech’, it’s almost always followed with despicable actions & atrocities, violations of fundamental human rights!

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Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

1 year

@JGerrings Bosnia isn’t in the Middle East. Bosnians weren’t killed by ISIS or Muslims but by Europeans. By so called defenders of “Christian Europe”. Also, who’s on the front lines fighting ISIS - It’s Muslims.

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Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

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When people ask about tensions in Bosnia they always ask about Muslim extremism. Bosniaks are always labelled by their religious category whereas Serbs and Croats are not. Why is that?

Bosnian Genocide Educational Trust

@BGET_UK

2 years

May 7th marks the "Day of mosques" in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the annual commemoration of all the mosques destroyed and damaged during the Bosnian war of 1992-1995. 614 mosques 218 prayer rooms 69 Quran course sites 37 tombs 4 dervish lodges 405 pieces of historical heritage

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Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

4 years

Imagine being a Muslim in Srebrenica this evening and tucking your kids into bed to the sound Serbian nationalist songs about slaughtering Muslims. If this was anywhere else and anyone else in Europe, this would no be happening.

Ahmed E. Hrustanović

@E71HRG

4 years

Pjesma triumfalizma nad mrtvim i ubijenim gradom opet večeras u Srebrenici. 14.10.2020. Nikom ne smeta što naša djeca će večeras uplašena zaspati. Na kraju nije nikom ni smetalo kad su nas ubijali... 🙁

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Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

4 years

1,425 days in isolation and lockdown in Sarajevo. On average 329 shells fell on the city daily. On 22nd July 1993 a record of 7,777 shells were fired on to the city. 11,541 civilians killed. 1601 of those were children. 50,000 wounded or injured.

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Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

2 years

This is what fascists were celebrating last night & by doing so reaffirmed their commitment to repeat it. Serbian soldiers force Ramo to call for his son Nermin. Both were executed. The international community stood by & watched, the UN enabled it.

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Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

1 year

Thank you to everyone for reporting this account. It looks like it’s gone now. I get these kind of hateful messages on a daily basis but they still won’t stop me from speaking the truth.

Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

1 year

How do you say European values in Croatian?

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Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

1 year

This film about the siege of east Mostar by Jeremy Bowen & his team is truly one of the most remarkable pieces of journalism. They risked their lives to show the world what was happening in Bosnia. Every time I watch it - I wonder how any of us survived.

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Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

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When I was 9, my family & I came to Newcastle as refugees from the war in Bosnia. We came as part of a UK government programme - set up in less than 48 hours of the first refugees arriving. We are proof of what can be achieved when we support refugees in the right way. #RwandaBill

Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

2 years

On this day in 1994 - we arrived in Newcastle as refugees from Bosnia.

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Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

1 year

When people celebrate the formation of “Herzeg-Bosna” & call for it’s revival, this is what they’re calling for. Nura Pezer testifying about the murder of her husband Šefik & son Ahmed by the Croatian Defence Council, on what would have been his birthday,

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Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

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Every time I hear European politicians talking about European or Western values - I’m reminded of Milosevic, Tudjman, Karadzic, Kordic, Mladic… all those great European patriots that lectured Bosnian Muslims about European values, democracy and human rights in the 1990’s.

Mario Nawfal

@MarioNawfal

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🚨 ITALIAN PM THE LATEST EUROPEAN LEADER TO SPEAK AGAINST ISLAMIC CULTURE Italian PM Giorgia Meloni: "I believe... there is a problem of compatibility between Islamic culture and the values and rights of our civilization... In Europe there is a very... distant process from the

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Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

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A Bosnian mother in Tuzla, July 1995, shortly after arriving from Srebrenica where thousands of Bosniak Muslims were slaughtered by Serb Forces. How many Bosnian mothers waited & continue to wait for news of their loved ones…. Photo©️David Turnley #InternationalWomansDay

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Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

4 years

6 Bosniak Muslims will finally be laid to rest 28 years after they were murdered by Bosnian-Serb forces in Prijedor. We’re constantly told to forget the past, yet our past is very much in the present. #Prijedor #BosnianGenocide

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Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

1 year

Yesterday, the identity of the exhumed remains of a six-year-old girl were confirmed in Tuzla, Bosnia. Her name was Amela Kulić. She disappeared along with several other members of her family in June 1992. Her remains were exhumed in October 2021.

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Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

1 year

“Sir, this is 1993 not 1943. What the hell is happening?” Col. Bob Stewart describing the massacre in Ahmići - 116 civilians killed by Croatian Defence Forces of Herzeg-Bosna. When people glorify Herzeg-Bosna, this is what they’re glorifying.

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Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

2 years

The Siege of Sarajevo is the longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare. It lasted for 3 years, 10 months, 3 weeks & 3 days (5 Apr 1992 to 29 Feb 1996) 11,541 civilians killed, 1601 of those were children.

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Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

1 year

Most of the men at Dretelj Concentration camp were taken by Croat friends & neighbours. My dad was taken by one of his best friends. When he saw my dad years later on a bus, he said. “Oh, what are you doing here?” Most perpetrators of war crimes are living freely in the Balkans.

Smajo Bešo OBE

@SmajoBeso

2 years

Photo shows Bosniak Muslim survivors of Dretelj concentration camp in 1994 shortly after they were released. It was one of the most notorious Croat ran concentration camps in Bosnia. Images like this are incredible - you’d be forgiven for thinking they were from the 1940’s….

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