In Bosnia, the past is disappearing and the future is bleak
Bosnian Serbs’ celebration of war crimes, coupled with the world’s indifference, is making me fear for the future.
Bosnian Serb authorities and other actors have persisted in their genocide denial; we need urgent action to counter it.
Bosnian Serbs’ celebration of war crimes, coupled with the world’s indifference, is making me fear for the future.
The country cannot move forward while many of its institutions and leaders remain invested in whitewashing history.
![On July 23, the outgoing head of Bosnia's Office of the High Representative, Valentin Inzko, criminalised the denial and glorification of genocide in the country. [AP Photo]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/AP21208414780968.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The denial of a group’s persecution is the ultimate cruelty – on some level worse than the persecution itself.
In the Bosnian town of Višegrad, the local authorities are trying hard to whitewash genocidal crimes through tourism.
![Bosnian Muslims toss 3,000 roses into the Drina River, each representing people killed in the 1992-95 war, in the eastern Bosnian town of Višegrad, on May 26, 2012 [File: AP/Amel Emric]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_120526130550.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)