Suljagic slobodan milosevic biography
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Postcards from the Grave
& Quot;In May 1992, while Serb nationalist forces 'cleansed' the towns and villages of the Drina valley in eastern Bosnia of their formerly majority Muslim population - as part of Slobodan Milosevic's criminal attempt to carve an expanded Serbia from the successor states of the former Yugoslav förbund - thousands of fleeing, desperate people converged on the small town of Srebrenica in search of refuge." "For many of them this would prove to be a fatal decision. Serb forces besieged the town for three years, undeterred even when it was proclaimed a 'UN Safe Area'. As more and more refugees fled to Srebrenica from the surrounding villages, conditions there became unbearable: near-starvation, daglig death, degradation of civilized life. The victims themselves were caught up in the dialectic of violence. Finally, after three years of agony, and as those sent to protect them stood by, Srebrenica was destroyed. In just a few days in July 1995 Bosnian Serb
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Emir Suljagić
Bosnian journalist and politician
Emir Suljagić (born 21 May 1975) is a Bosnian journalist and politician who is currently the Director of the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial.[1] He served as Minister of Education of Sarajevo Canton from 13 January 2011 until 29 February 2012 and was also Deputy minister of Defense from 31 March 2015 to 10 December 2015.
Suljagić is most known for his work in advocating for the rights of survivors of the Srebrenica genocide. His book, Postcards from the Grave, is the first account of the genocide to be published in English by a Bosnian who lived through it and has, so far been translated into nine world languages.
Early life and education
[edit]Emir Suljagić was born on 21 May 1975 in Ljubovija, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. During the Bosnian War, he was a refugee. Suljagić was 17 years old when his family fled the ethnic cleansing of the Drina valley in 1992 and took refuge in Srebrenica. He taught himself English
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Ethnic Cleansing: Politics, Policy, Violence : Serb Ethnic Cleansing Campaign in Former Yugoslavia
This dissertation analyzes ethnic cleansing/mass murder through research of the ethnic cleansing campaign pursued by the Serbian political and military leadership in the former Yugoslavia. It offers a new approach to understanding why - unlike other similar multi-ethnic huvud and East-European socialist states - ethnic cleansing appeared to be a viable policy option pursuit in former the Yugoslavia. The book provides a new ramverk for the analysis of ethnic cleansing policy in the function of the (nation) state-building efforts on the part of Serb elites. It identifies, classifies, and explains the specific actions that fall under the policy and practice of ethnic cleansing and their interrelationship. It also looks at the local/communal context, and it sheds additional light on the relationship between the state-apparatus and community/society at large in the operation of eth