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“Dear people, this is my picture. it shows parting with my father in Sarajevo in 1993. In the picture are my mother and my brother, and on the other side of the glass are the hands of my father, who stayed behind. We have all lived through this hell. I hope that this current hell
On 25 August 1992, Bosnia’s National & University Library - Vijećnica, was targeted by the
#Serb
forces. Today we remember AIDA BUTUROVIĆ, a 32-year-old librarian who was killed as she & her colleagues tried to rescue books from the flames.
#WeRemember
On this day, 22 June 1992, a famous video was made.
#Karadzic
and Russian writer
#Limonov
shooting at us from above
#Sarajevo
.
This short clip is an excerpt from the film 'Serbian Epics' by Pawel Pawlikowski.
You can watch it here:
Graham Bamford did the same thing as Aaron Bushnell, he did it in 1993 for the sake of
#Bosnia
and Aaron did it for
#Palestine
It was in front of the British House of Commons in London, Aaron set himself on fire in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington.
#StopTheGenocide
Not every day you get a chance to meet people like
@azaizamotaz9
One of many Palestinian journalists who showed us the scale of genocide in Gaza committed by the Israel occupation.
We are on the same path of truth and justice.
#Gaza
#Sarajevo
“Our traumas are awakening, we are suffering, we are remembering what we survived, so we tried to do something,” said Hrustanović, who returned to Srebrenica a decade ago. “It’s for them, it’s not about us.”
@E71HRG
#StopTheGenocide
Ovo je omot čokolade koju sam posljednji put trećeg maja 1995. podijelio sa svojim rahmetli bratom. To je zadnja čokolada koju je pojeo prije nego što ga je ubio srpski snajperista sa Špicaste stijene.
Zašto ja ovo čuvam, kome je ovo bitno i zašto sam ja kreten pa jednostavno ne
3. maja 1995. ubijen je moj brat Amel, ubio ga je srpski snajperista dok je igrao tenisa. Taj dan je ova ‘Lehva’ ostala na njegovom radnom stolu.
Prva sura iz Kur’ana, Fatiha, nedovršena.
Život naglo i nasilno prekinut.
El Fatiha
Amelov rad je trenutno izložen u
@WCMsarajevo
Looking at this video reminds me of myself growing up during the Siege of Sarajevo. I was shot at three times by a
#Serb
sniper, he missed me every time. We can say I was lucky & I survived. Unfortunately, my brother did not. He was killed on 3 May 1995.
Kao neko ko je preživo opsadu Sarajeva mogu reći da i dan danas imam traume od pravoslavnog Božića i svake srpske slave zato što su se baš na svoje praznike četnici intenzivnije i divljački iživljavali nad nama.
Naša patnja — njihovo veselje.
Kao i danas
Danas se je tri godine kako je
@SniperAlleyPhot
pokrenut. Rezultate koje smo postigli teško bi bilo opisati sa 160 karaktera tako da ide jedan niz o svim lijepim momentima projekta i fotografijama koje smo pronašli i koje ćemo tek pronaći zahvaljujući svima vama.
#SniperAlley
🧵
Kažu nije Sarajevo kao što je bilo. Pa naravno da nije kad u njemu nema mog Amela rahmetli i kad je skupa sa njim ubijeno još 11540 sarajlija…
#Sarajevo
❤️
On 25 August 1992, Bosnia’s National & University Library - Vijećnica, was targeted by the
#Serb
forces. Today we remember AIDA BUTUROVIĆ, a 32-year-old librarian who was killed as she & her colleagues tried to rescue books from the flames.
#WeRemember
Mojoj kćerki Aidi
( za svu djecu svijeta koja su ubijena)
Danas bi napunila trideset i sedam godina:
Aida, kćeri moja,
Trideset i jednu godina ne mogu ti čestitati rodjendan, a tako bih volio.
Volio bih da te uzmem za ruku i šetamo, da uživam u razgovoru kako to samo mogu
Nadam se da će poslije ovih laži propagande, bar neko ko ima mogućnost da pomogne i podrži projekat
@SniperAlleyPhot
konačno da shvati šta mi ustvari radimo.
Nermina Mujkić, beba sa fotografije nastale 1995. godine u Žepi, potvrdila je za
@IstragaB
da su ona i njena majka Sabina na fotografiji koju su vlasti RS-a i Srbije koristile prilikom obilježavanja godišnjice Oluje. Foto1: Nermina Mujkić sa majkom Sabinom danas. Foto 2. Nermina
JASENKA MAŠIĆ was injured on 14 November 1993 when she went with her friend Adnan Ćorović to pick up guitar strings.
#Serb
sniper shot her in the neck. She died 6 days later, on 20 November 1993 because of her injury.
Jasenka was 15 years old.
#SniperAlley
#BosnianGenocide
Reminder of the day.
29 years ago six kids were murdered by the
#Serb
Forces while they were playing in the snow. Aftermath of that heinous crime.
Never Forget!
#BosnianGenocide
SRPSKI PJESNICI
by Marko Vešović
~
Odveo me moj prijatelj Faiz Softić čovjeku kome je od brojne porodice ostala šestoipogodišnja kćerkica s očima kao trnjine: u njima mu je sva životna snaga koja nije mala. Zato, ponajprije zato, strašni gubici nisu ga razlupali u paramparčad.
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
MIRELA PLOČIĆ was killed on 11 August 1994. She was in front of her building talking to her friends when a
#Serb
sniper shot her dead. Mirela was hit in the head.
Mirela was 11 years old.
#SniperAlley
#BosnianGenocide
Speaking of the Siege of Sarajevo I would like to show you just a glimpse of ordeal by the Serb Forces we went through on a daily basis.
1,425 days of this and worse…
#SarajevoSiege
'Sarajevo Crazy' by Seal
For a long time I believed this music video was made for us, I though it was about us, about the Siege of Sarajevo and our suffering.
Maybe in the mid 2000s I realized it wasn't, I was so disappointed because it was so fitting and timely.
Hvala ti za sve ❤️
POTPIS
by Marko Vešović
~
Trčim s kćerkicom kući –
Granate su nas, opet, iznenadile na ulici. Granate, već stoljećima, svaki dan padaju,
I svaki put iznenade.
Požurujem je ljutitom galamom:
Srdžbu s tobdžija srpskih
Prenosim na dijete čekano deset godina.
Da
OVA PUCNJAVA
by Marko Vešović
Ova pucnjava prosto nam ušla u krv.
Kad je tišina, napet sam ko struna,
Sve mislim: bože, šta li nam sad spremaju?
Bez pucnjave se, ko ni bez kafe izjutra,
Ne možeš rastrijezniti. A čim se mitraljez glasne,
Ja odmah olabavim, žena počne praviti
Kontaktirala nas je i Igorova sestra i podijelila sa nama detalje ubistva njenoga brata, a koji se nalazi na tom zloglasnom spisku ubijene djece koji je fabrikovala republika srpska.
Trenutno znamo imena 6 malih Sarajlija koje je ubila VRS, a koje oni predstavljaju kao svoje
IGOR MALEŠEVIĆ was badly wounded on 5 August 1992. He was hit in one of many mortar attacks during the Siege of Sarajevo. Sadly, he passed away on 11 August 1992 because of his injuries.
Igor was 6 years old.
#SniperAlley
“The mass slaughter in Srebrenica, for example, is certainly a horror story and major crime, but to call it “genocide” so cheapens the word as to constitute virtual Holocaust denial, in my opinion. It amazes me that intelligent people cannot see that.”
said the guy next to you…
AIDA KUČUK was killed on 3 May 1992. She was sleeping in her room during a
#Serb
mortar attack, one shrapnel hit her in the stomach and she died. Aida is considered to be one of the first child victims of Sarajevo siege.
Aida was 5 years old.
#SniperAlley
#BosnianGenocide
NERMIN DIVOVIĆ was killed on 18 November 1994. He was murdered by the
#Serbian
sniper when he was returning home with his mother Dženana & sister Dženita. His mother was shot in the stomach, bullet went through and hit Nermin in the head.
Nermin was 7 years old.
#NerminDivovic
MIRJANA MALEŠEVIĆ was killed on 27 February 1993. She & her friend Samir were going to visit their friends when they were targeted by the
#Serbs
. She was hit in the heart & Samir tried to help her, another mortar bomb killed both of them.
Mirjana was 16 years old.
#SniperAlley
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
MAJA ĐOKIĆ was killed on 9 April 1995. She was going home after her volleyball training when the
#Serb
Forces targeted her. In this mortar attack, Maja was killed together with Munevera Selimović 1937. Ten people were injured.
Maja was 18 years old.
#SniperAlley
#MajaDjokic
Talking is difficult but necessary. It took me 24 years to open up and now there is no going back. I don’t have that ‘luxury’ to stop. My brother needs my voice, murdered children of Sarajevo need my voice.
#SarajevoSiege
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
MARKO LUKIĆ was killed on 26 July 1995. He was killed in one of many
#Serb
mortar attacks during the Siege of Sarajevo while playing in the street. Marko died on his friend's lap. During the war his father was also killed in '92.
Marko was 11 years old.
#SniperAlley
“Sarajevski safari” je bila specifična, normalnom umu nezamisliva vrsta lova, lova na ljude. U toku opsade Sarajeva je bilo bogatim strancima koji su platili određenu nadoknadu dopušteno da sa srpskih položaja pucaju na ljude u slobodnom dijelu grada.
HATIDŽA
by Mile Stojić
~
Hatidžu Mehmedović
Vidio sam u sarajevskom
Narodnom pozorištu.
Prvi put u teatru
Sjedjela je u prvom redu
I bojažjivo gledala
Pozlaćene štukature.
Akademija je bila posvećena
Majkama Srebrenice
I neki pjesnik tamburao je nešto
O Danteovu Infernu.
Today, 5th of May is the day when we commemorate ‘Memorial Day for killed children of Sarajevo’. 11,541 civilians were killed during the
#SiegeOfSarajevo
#SniperAlley
NERMINA OMEROVIĆ was killed on 8 November 1994. She was at home getting ready for school when the
#Serb
sniper shot her in the head.
Nermina was 12 years old.
#SniperAlley
#BosnianGenocide
Today
#WeRemember
doctor Silva Rizvanbegović who was killed on this day, 17 May 1992 in Sarajevo. A fatal bullet from the
#Serb
positions hit her in an ambulance as she was returning from the Clinical Center where the wounded were taken.
SILVA RIZVANBEGOVIĆ
1948-1992
Today is 30 years since ‘Bloody Snow’ massacre. This is the video of the aftermath when six children were killed while playing in the snow.
We will never stop reminding!
#SniperAlley
@SniperAlleyPhot
MORA
by Abdulah Sidran
~
Šta to radiš, sine?
Sanjam, majko.
Sanjam, majko, kako pjevam,
a ti me pitaš, u mome snu:
šta to činiš, sinko?
O čemu, u snu, pjevaš, sine?
Pjevam, majko,
kako sam imao kuću.
A sad nemam kuće.
O tome pjevam, majko.
Kako sam, majko, imao glas,
i jezik
Mogu li, Bože, da živim još samo jedan dan
Još jednom sunce nad Bosnom da ugledam
Može li gnijezdo naći ptica
Može li dom svoj naći izbjeglica
Mogu li, Bože, da živim još samo jedan dan…
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour news report from 1993.
It shows ystematic killings of children during the Siege of Sarajevo. Almedina Šeta was one of many casualties of the Greater Serbia ideology.
Never Forget
#BosnianGenocide
WARNING: Graphic Content❗️
Večeras se obilježava 27. noć mjeseca Ramazana, Lejletul-Kadr, noć koja je vrijednija od hiljadu mjeseci. Ovo je jedini video koji posjedujemo od mog rahmetli Amela. Snimak je noći Lejletul-Kadra iz Begove Džamije ratne 1995. godine, samo par mjeseci prije njegove pogibije. Amel
Once Upon a Time in Srebrenica…
They declared ‘safe zone’ just like they did in Rafah…
We all know how it ends when they say ‘last refuge’…
#StopTheGenocide
Ustaški zločinac Maks Luburić objesio je 55 Sarajlija na Marijin-Dvoru, 27. mart 1945 godine.
Njihova imena su: Omer Fazil Omer, Ragib Sarić, Ćamil Skando, Muradin Čobo, Hajro Hadžović, Mahmut Arslanagić, Hamid Avdić, Mustafa Spahalić, Hamid Talović, Hasan Hajdarević, Alija
SEAD LAGUMDŽIJA was killed on 13 February 1993. He was trying to save another injured boy who had the same name, Sead, when a
#Serb
sniper shot him dead.
Sead was 17 years old.
#SniperAlley
#BosnianGenocide
If I had to define Sarajevo Siege in one video it would be this one. Serb snipers killed Vedrana Glavaš ‘89 together with Roki Sulejmanović ‘91 and then few days later targeted those attending their funeral injuring Vedrana’s grandmother.
#SarajevoSiege
ALMEDINA ŠETA was killed on 24 February 1993. She was at home with her mother when the
#Serb
Forces targeted them. In this mortar attack, she was hit in the heart and died.
Almedina was 3 years old.
#SniperAlley
Vinko Šamarlić, sportista koji je trebao predvoditi bh. olimpijsku delegaciju na ceremoniji otvaranja Olimpijskih igara u Barceloni. Džudista koji je trebao mahati zastavom sa ljiljanima na stadionu Montjuïc, čovjek koji je odlučio ne otići u Barcelonu i ostati braniti svoju
DRAGANA TRIŠIĆ was killed on 5 May 1993. She was playing hide-and-seek with her friends when she was badly wounded in the head by a shrapnel. On the way to the hospital she died on her father’s lap. The same day Vedran Islami was injured.
Dragana was 12 years old.
#SniperAlley
Mersida Pašić Veiz
“11.01.1994 godine, dan sniježan, prohladan, onako baš zimski, raspust ratne podrumske škole...
Djevojčica od 14 godina, kako joj objasniti da ne smije izaći na sankanje, grudvanje, bacanje po snijegu...
Kako da ona shvati da je RAT i da granate i razne
Muslim refugees from the east Bosnian enclave of Srebrenica get into the bus to take them away from Tuzla airport, north Bosnia, 23 August 1995. The airport had been shelled by Bosnian Serbs and all 6,000 refugees from the refugee camp at the airport will be dispersed for