The Denial of the Events of the Bosnian Genocide
Definition:
Denial is the final step of genocide in which it's culprits dig up graves, burn bodies, and cover up evidence. (Bosnian Genocide)
Examples:
Attempt to cover up the events of the Bosnian Genocide:
"Mass graves were moved, making it very difficult to prove what happened and to identify the bodies. Some war criminals were prosecuted in The Hague but others are still at large." (Bosnian Genocide)
People still denying that the Bosnian Genocide even happened:
"The decision by Republika Srpska, RS, prime minister Milorad Dodik to tell a pre-election rally in Srebrenica that genocide had never been committed there has provoked concerns over Bosnian Serb reluctance to come to terms with the past. “Unborn Serb children cannot be held responsible for something that happened 15 years ago. They cannot and they will not be. And genocide did not take place here. We will not accept claims that what happened here was genocide, because it was not,” Dodik told a crowd of cheering supporters at the September 20 rally. He went on to allege that the fact that thousands of Bosniak women and children were expelled from Srebrenica to Bosnian government-controlled territory demonstrated that there had been no intention to destroy a whole nation. “The number of Bosniaks who had left Srebrenica for Tuzla and Sarajevo [in July 1995] was bigger than the number of those who died here. That is not genocide,” Dodik told his supporters. Muhamed Mesic, a genocide researcher with the Institute for the Research of Crime against Humanity and International Law, warned that genocide denial by a public figure had an effect on the wider community. “When the denial comes from a president of a country, or a prime minister, then it becomes a big problem because people trust these figures. As a consequence, their words are accepted by their compatriots as a truth, and not pure nonsense,” he said." (Genocide Denial Concern in Bosnia)
"Mass graves were moved, making it very difficult to prove what happened and to identify the bodies. Some war criminals were prosecuted in The Hague but others are still at large." (Bosnian Genocide)
People still denying that the Bosnian Genocide even happened:
"The decision by Republika Srpska, RS, prime minister Milorad Dodik to tell a pre-election rally in Srebrenica that genocide had never been committed there has provoked concerns over Bosnian Serb reluctance to come to terms with the past. “Unborn Serb children cannot be held responsible for something that happened 15 years ago. They cannot and they will not be. And genocide did not take place here. We will not accept claims that what happened here was genocide, because it was not,” Dodik told a crowd of cheering supporters at the September 20 rally. He went on to allege that the fact that thousands of Bosniak women and children were expelled from Srebrenica to Bosnian government-controlled territory demonstrated that there had been no intention to destroy a whole nation. “The number of Bosniaks who had left Srebrenica for Tuzla and Sarajevo [in July 1995] was bigger than the number of those who died here. That is not genocide,” Dodik told his supporters. Muhamed Mesic, a genocide researcher with the Institute for the Research of Crime against Humanity and International Law, warned that genocide denial by a public figure had an effect on the wider community. “When the denial comes from a president of a country, or a prime minister, then it becomes a big problem because people trust these figures. As a consequence, their words are accepted by their compatriots as a truth, and not pure nonsense,” he said." (Genocide Denial Concern in Bosnia)
Media Coverage of the Bosnian Genocide:
"There is a widely shared opinion that Western media covered the war in Bosnia in a superficial manner." (Bosnia by Television)
"There is a widely shared opinion that Western media covered the war in Bosnia in a superficial manner." (Bosnia by Television)
The following excerpt is taken from an article written by a B.B.C. News Analyst by the name of Gabriel Partos. I believe the article displays an attempt by a media outlet to change perspective and slightly blame the victims of the Bosnian Genocide by labeling the remaining Bosnian Muslims as possible terrorist, creating an atmosphere of suspicion and resentment toward all Bosnian Muslims.
"Even among religious Bosniaks, the arrival during the war of hundreds of often fanatical foreign Islamic fighters, known as the mujahideen, was a mixed blessing. Fighting against overwhelming odds, the Bosniaks had little choice but to accept the mujahideen offer of help - and arms supplies from Iran and other Muslim countries. Following the Dayton peace accords of 1995, the mujahideen, along with other foreign fighters, were required to leave Bosnia. But some stayed on, particularly those who married local women and were granted Bosnian citizenship. It is some of these former mujahideen, along with employees of foreign Islamic organisations, who have been giving cause for concern to the international community in its proclaimed fight against terrorism since the 11 September 2001 attacks on United States targets." (Gabriel Partos)
Under the comments section of this article, a man shares his frustration in the tone of the article stating, "Amazing - the Serbs attempt to exterminate the Muslims of Bosnia, destroying hundreds of mosques setting up concentration camps and you focus on alleged Muslim "extremist"." (Abdullah Ahmed)