SHOTLIST: SREBRENICA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (JULY 8, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF CROWD GATHERED TO ATTEND MARCH 2. VARIOUS OF CROWD MARCHING THROUGH STREETS 3. ONE OF PARTICIPANTS, ADEMIR MESIC SPEAKING TO REPORTER 4. ONE OF PARTICIPANTS, AJNA TRAPO SPEAKING TO REPORTER 5. ONE OF PARTICIPANTS, HANA MALKIC SPEAKING TO REPORTERSREBRENICA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - JULY 8: A three-day peace march began Monday in Bosnia and Herzegovina to mark the 30th year of the Srebrenica genocide. For years, thousands of people from all over the world have come annually to take part in the event, honoring the more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys killed by Serb forces near the town in 1995. This year, around 6,000 people are participating in the march for three days, beginning in the town of Nezuk and spending the nights in designated areas along the route. Since 2005, thousands of people have attended the "Mars Mira" (Peace March) following the same route used by Bosniaks when they were fleeing the Srebrenica genocide. - Srebrenica genocide The UN Security Council declared Srebrenica a "safe area" in the spring of 1993. However, Serb troops led by Gen. Ratko Mladic — who was later found guilty of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide — overran the UN zone. Dutch troops responsible for protecting people in the UN zone failed to act when Serb forces occupied it on July 11, killing 2,000 men and boys in a single day. About 15,000 Bosniaks fled to the surrounding mountains, but Serb troops hunted them down and killed 6,000 more people. Serbs who allowed women and children to reach the region controlled by Bosnian soldiers massacred at least 8,372 Bosnian men in forest areas, factories and warehouses. The murdered Bosnians were buried in mass graves. The bodies of genocide victims were discovered in 570 different locations across the country, 77 of which were mass graves. In 2007, the International Court of Justice in The Hague ruled that genocide was committed in Srebrenica. During the efforts to find the missing after the war, victims whose bodies were found in mass graves are buried in a ceremony held at Potocari Memorial Cemetery every year on July 11, after identification. While 6,751 victims have been buried in Potocari Memorial Cemetery to date, 250 victims have been buried in local cemeteries at the request of their families. More than a thousand victims of the Srebrenica genocide have not been found. On June 8, 2021, UN tribunal judges upheld a verdict sentencing Mladic to life in prison for the genocide, persecution, crimes against humanity, extermination, and other war crimes committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina. On this year’s anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, 14 more genocide victims who have been identified and approved by their families will be buried in the Potocari Memorial Cemetery.