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Serbia bans Srebrenica anniversary rallies | Serbia bans Srebrenica anniversary rallies |
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Serbian authorities have banned gatherings in Belgrade to commemorate the Srebrenica massacre, after right-wing groups threatened disruption. | |
Saturday is the 20th anniversary of the massacre, in which some 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed by Bosnian Serb forces during the Bosnian war. | |
Activists had planned to mourn the victims outside the Serb parliament. | Activists had planned to mourn the victims outside the Serb parliament. |
The official memorial ceremonies will take place on Saturday in Srebrenica itself. | |
Serbian police responded to plans for counter-demonstrations by banning all gatherings at parliament on Saturday. | |
Serbia's Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said he had taken the decision to guarantee "peace and security in the whole of Serbia". | Serbia's Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said he had taken the decision to guarantee "peace and security in the whole of Serbia". |
But the initiator of the planned commemoration in the Serbian capital, Dusan Masic, said it was "scandalous", and showed "where Serbia is in 2015". | |
Balkanist magazine tweeted that a commemoration would take place on Friday evening instead. | Balkanist magazine tweeted that a commemoration would take place on Friday evening instead. |
Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic plans to travel to Bosnia for the official memorial events in Srebrenica. | Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic plans to travel to Bosnia for the official memorial events in Srebrenica. |
The atrocity took place on 11 July 1995, amid the bloody break-up of Yugoslavia into independent states. | |
The Bosnian War saw Bosnian Serb forces, backed by Serbia, fighting the Muslim-led Bosnian government. | |
Thousands seeking shelter at what was supposed to be a UN refuge in Srebrenica were shot ded. | |
On Wednesday, a United Nations Security Council resolution describing the Srebrenica massacre as "genocide" was vetoed by Russia. | |
The events at Srebrenica were the worst atrocity on European soil since World War Two. | |
Fourteen individuals have been convicted at a UN tribunal in The Hague in relation to the Srebrenica killings. | |
The former Bosnian Serb army chief, Ratko Mladic, and former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic are both on trial at The Hague in separate processes. | |
They are each accused of crimes relating to the Srebrenica massacre. |
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