Bosnia and Herzegovina: Thousands join Peace March to honor Srebrenica genocide victims.

SHOTLIST: NEZUK, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (JULY 8, 2026) 1. VARIOUS OF PARTICIPANTS GATHERED FOR 'PEACE MARCH' 2. PARTICIPANT ISMET SELMAN SPEAKING TO REPORTER (Bosnian) 3. WOMAN HOLDING PALESTINIAN FLAG / ITEMS ON GROUND / PARTICIPANTS OBSERVING MOMENT OF SILENCE 4. PARTICIPANT AMRA HASHEMI SPEAKING TO REPORTER / IMAGE ON CHILD'S T-SHIRT (Bosnian) 5. AMRA HASHEMI'S HUSBAND, SEYED HASHEMI, SPEAKING TO REPORTER (English) 6. PARTICIPANTS AT GATHERING (TWO SHOTS) 7. PARTICIPANT OF SERBIAN ORIGIN MIRZET OMEROVIC SPEAKING TO REPORTER (Bosnian) 8. 77-YEAR-OLD PARTICIPANT MIRSA MEHINAGIC SPEAKING TO REPORTER (Bosnian) 9. VARIOUS OF PARTICIPANTS MARCHING 10. VARIOUS DRONE SHOTS OF PEOPLE MARCHING NEZUK, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - JULY 8, 2026: More than 6,000 people set off Wednesday, July 8, from Nezuk near Sapna on an annual Peace March to Srebrenica to honor thousands of Bosniak men and boys killed during the genocide on July 11, 1995. Participants will walk the 100-kilometer (62-mile) route toward Potocari for the next three days, following the path Bosniaks took 31 years ago in a desperate attempt to reach the free territories in Tuzla or Kladanj. Survivors are leading this year’s march. Marchers are expected to arrive in Potocari on July 10, ahead of a collective funeral the next day at the Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial Center, where the remains of seven newly identified genocide victims will be laid to rest. This is the 22nd Peace March, marking the 31st anniversary of the genocide in the UN-declared “safe zone” of Srebrenica. For survivors, the march is a way to process trauma and a responsibility to share their stories with younger generations. - A memorial of remembrance and resistance to denial The Peace March, held annually in July, is to preserve the culture of remembrance of the genocide and to counter denial and revisionism. Participants walk 35 kilometers daily, with some parts of the route demanding significant physical endurance. During the genocide in July 1995, Bosniaks fled along the route in the opposite direction to escape the attack by Serb forces on the UN-protected enclave. - Trials and convictions International and local courts have sentenced 54 individuals to a total of 781 years in prison and five life sentences for genocide, crimes against humanity and other crimes committed in Srebrenica in July 1995. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague sentenced 18 individuals, including Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic, to life in prison for genocide and related crimes. Bosnia’s state court sentenced 27 people to a total of 446 years in prison, while Serbia has convicted five individuals for crimes in Srebrenica, including four former “Scorpions” members. Croatia has sentenced two former “Scorpions” members to 15 years each. Ten suspects remain at large and are currently unavailable to Bosnia’s judiciary.