
UK National Srebrenica Memorial Day Commemoration 2020
The UK’s National Srebrenica Memorial Day Commemoration took place online and was broadcast on Al Jazeera, Face TV, Hyatt TV and the Islam Channel, reaching millions
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Every year, Remembering Srebrenica selects a theme that reflects an aspect of the genocide that must be commemorated, but also speaks to communities here in the UK.
The theme for 2023 is ‘Together We Are One’.
Dr Waqar Azmi OBE, Chairman of Remembering Srebrenica, talks about his reasons for establishing the charity and its ongoing work.
I grew up with the harrowing scenes of the war in Bosnia on our television screens – watching neighbour turn against neighbour, friend against friend, ethnicity against ethnicity. I will never forget the Omarska concentration camp, and that ethnic cleansing, systematic mass rape and genocide were all happening in Europe.
The UK’s National Srebrenica Memorial Day Commemoration took place online and was broadcast on Al Jazeera, Face TV, Hyatt TV and the Islam Channel, reaching millions
Over 1,200 memorial community action events and activities will be taking place in schools, local authorities, faith institutions, police forces etc as well as numerous
Every year, Remembering Srebrenica UK selects a theme that reflects an aspect of the genocide that must be commemorated, but also speaks to communities here
On 14 October, Gloucestershire held its second ‘We Are One’ Awards ceremony, which recognised the amazing work of everyday upstanders who challenge prejudice, build community cohesion, protect
Remembering Srebrenica’s London and South East Board held their Awards Dinner to celebrate the hard work of Community Champions and volunteers who made Srebrenica Memorial
Walking in solidarity with the survivors of the genocide, our Community Champions across the UK are organising Peace Walks, which mirror the “Mars Mira” walk which
The We Are One tournament will unite young people across Britain playing football in memory of the over 8,000 men and boys who were killed in the Srebrenica genocide. In taking part, you will score a public victory against hatred and intolerance in the 26th anniversary year of Srebrenica.
One way that you can help to live the lessons from Srebrenica is to develop or work with existing community projects that tackle issues connected to hatred, discrimination and prejudice, for example: tackling hate crime; tackling gender violence; tackling religious intolerance; or tackling intolerance against migrants, including refugees.
The name Srebrenica has become synonymous with those dark days in July 1995 when, in the first ever United Nations declared safe area, thousands of men and boys were systematically murdered and buried in mass graves.