Munira Subasic, president of the Association Movement of Mothers of the Srebrenica and Zepa Enclaves, on Wednesday attended the opening of a new facility for storing exhumed biological material, personal items, and clothing of unidentified genocide victims at the Srebrenica Memorial Center in Potocari. Pročitaj više

Addressing the audience, Subasic described the day as historic for all mothers and families of the victims.

“We are fighting to find every bone. Each one is the most precious gold in the world. Mothers say, ‘If I could just find one bone from my son, wrap it in the finest silk, I wouldn't regret dying,'” Subasic said.

She reminded the audience that she found the bones of her youngest son, Nermin, in 2013, in two mass graves.

“They committed genocide against the bones of our children, and now the worst genocide is what is happening to us, mothers. They deny that we had children, they glorify the criminals, they lie… I'm sorry that Serbia, which had a chance to heal its citizens and young people living in lies, failed to initiate and sponsor a resolution. As much as it is important to us, it should be even more important to them,” she said.

Subasic pointed out that a large number of criminals are still at large.

“Just five minutes ago, I ran into a war criminal who raped people in front of my eyes. Some of them still wear police uniforms, work in municipalities, and even in the parliaments in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and they have never repented. We must fight to ensure that we don't raise such children, that our children grow up in love, with respect and dignity,” she concluded.

In addition to Subasic, the event was addressed by Emir Suljagic, director of the Srebrenica Memorial Center, and Michael Murphy, the U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, as the project was achieved with the support of the U.S. government.