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Dirty Little Secrets? Children Conceived in Rape

Ben Acheson | Posted 24.05.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Abortion, Stigma, Rape Crisis Centre, Savita Halappanavar, Rape, Congo Rape, Rape Crisis Center, Far From the Tree, Andrew Solomon Far From the Tree, Abortion Rights, Rape Crisis, Pregnancy, Anti-Abortion, Abortion Clinics, Sexual Assault, Adoption, Savita Halappanavar Death, Bosnia War, Bosnia, Abortion Laws, Abortion Debate, Savita Halappanavar Abortion, Gang Rape, Rape-Crisis, Rape-Stigma, Rape Culture, Andrew Solomon, UK Politics News
Ben Acheson

When a 14 year old Irish girl was raped and became pregnant in 1992, nobody knew that the shockwaves would still be rippling 20 years later. This week, the 'Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill' is navigating the Irish Parliament. If successful, abortion, where there is a real and substantial risk to the life of the mother, may soon be legalised in Ireland.

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The EU Arms Embargo on Syria Is Not Fit for Purpose

Sir Malcolm Rifkind | Posted 27.03.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Dipomacy, Bosnia, Humanitarian, Terrorism, Intervention, UK Labour Party, War, Terrorist, Sir Malcom Rifkind, Assad, Democracy, Syria, Al Qaeda, UK Conservative Party, William Hague, UK Politics News
Sir Malcolm Rifkind

In August last year, I wrote an op-ed for the International Herald Tribune calling for Western powers to arm the Syrian insurgents. Over six months later, the case is even more compelling than before.

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Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Halabja and Kurdish Genocide in Iraq Shows We Must Move From 'Never Again' to 'Always Prevent'

John Slinger | Posted 23.05.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: No Fly Zone, Halabja, Genocide, Srebrenica, Darfur, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Humanitarian Intervention, Kurdistan, International Law, Iraq, Foreign Policy, Iraqi Kurdistan, Anfal, Bosnia, Human Rights, Security Council, Kurds, Cambodia, Responsibility to Protect, International Relations, Un, Rwanda, UK Politics News
John Slinger

While many of the world's governments want to prevent genocide, they almost never act to achieve this aim. This despite most being signatories to the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide which is explicitly designed to compel them to do just that.

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Coming Up Smelling of Jasmine

Charlotte Eagar | Posted 09.05.2013 | UK
Read More: Unicef, Syria, Bosnia, Jasmine, London, UK, World, UK News
Charlotte Eagar

Last night I did something both of the moment and strangely nostalgic. My young cousin Victor organized the Jasmine Ball, in aid of Unicef's Syrian Children's Appeal.

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Dr Karadzic Doesn't Like Me, He Blames the Messenger

Penny Marshall | Posted 17.12.2012 | UK
Read More: War Crimes, Serbia, Sarajevo, Bosnia, Ratko Mladic, Radovan Karadzic, Srebrenica, Itn, World, Penny Marshall, Radovan Karadzic Trial, ITV News, UK TV, UK News
Penny Marshall

It's not the first time and I'm sure it won't be the last time that Dr Karadzic mentions me in the dock.

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'I Should Be Rewarded'

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 16.10.2012 | UK
Read More: The Hague, Radovan Karadzic War Crimes, Bosnia, Bosnia War, Radovan Karadzic Serbia, Serbia, Sarajevo, Radovan Karadzic, Srebrenica, Video, UK News

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has claimed he should be "rewarded" instead of being charged over the Bosnian conflict, as he defended him...

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The Cry of Srebrenica: Is Europe Listening?

Muhammad Abdul Bari | Posted 17.09.2012 | UK
Read More: Sarajevo, Bosnia, Ethnic Cleansing, Safe Haven, Chetniks, Srebrenica, UK News
Muhammad Abdul Bari

Last Wednesday on 11 July, I was in Srebrenica for the very first time. The above is the main prayer that I heard from the outgoing Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina Dr Mustafa Ceric in this year's commemoration of the Srebrenica Genocide in 1995. His sermon in front of grieving families and tens of thousands of people at Potocari Memorial Park was about rebuilding Bosnia and rekindling hope. The Srebrenica Genocide was Europe's largest massacre since World War II.

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In the Heart of Europe - The Srebrenica Genocide - Remembered Forever

Asad Khan | Posted 11.09.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Europe, Peace Alija Izetbegovi?, Bosnia, Racism, Ethnic Cleansing, Srebrenica Genocide, Multiculturalism, Milosevic, Serb, UK Politics News
Asad Khan

In an attempt to down-scale the horrific, unacceptable act of genocide committed by Serbian Troops in Bosnia-Herzegovina, where more than 8000 Muslim men and boys were massacred some 17 years ago, Serbia's new President Tomislav Nikolic, said last month that the killings in Srebrenica constituted "grave war crimes" but not genocide.

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PHOTOS: Angelina Jolie In Westminster To Launch Warzone Taskforce

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 30.05.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Warzones, UK News, Violence Against Women, Bosnia, William Hague, Serbia, In the Land of Blood and Honey, Angelina Jolie, UK Foreign Office, Fco, UK Politics News

Film actress and director Angelina Jolie was in Westminster on Tuesday evening for the launch of a UK initiative to prevent sexual violence against wo...

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It's Time the Left Apologised for Its Denial of the Srebrenica Massacre

James Bloodworth | Posted 17.07.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: The Hague, Bosnian War, Croatia, Radovan Karadzic Serbia, Serbia, Srebrenica Massacre, Ratko Mladic, Ratko Mladic Arrested, Srebrenica, Noam Chomsky, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia, Sarajevo, Slobodan Milosovic, Ratko Mladic Trial, Ratko Mladic War Crimes, Srebrenica Mass Grave, UK Politics News
James Bloodworth

Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic intended to "ethnically cleanse" Bosnia, the opening day of his war crimes trial at the Hague heard yesterday.

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Picturing Sarajevo's Recovery: The City's Transformation

Barcroft Media | Posted 16.05.2012 | UK
Read More: Serbia, Mladic, Siege of Sarajevo, The Hague, Bosnia, UK News, Ratko Mladic, News, Butcher of Bosnia, UK News

From amongst the bullet-scarred ruins, these photos show how Sarajevo has rebuilt itself since it was torn apart by civil war. British refugee work...

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Profile Of Ratko Mladic: The 'Butcher' Accused Of The Worst Atrocities Since WWII

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 16.05.2012 | UK
Read More: Mladic, War Crimes, Serbian, Croat, Siege of Sarajevo, UK News, Bosnia, Srebrenica Massacre, Ratko Mladic, Bosnian Serb, News, Bosniak, World News, UK News

Former Serbian military chief Ratko Mladic, also known as the "Butcher of Bosnia" is accused of masterminding some of the worst atrocities Europe has ...

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Ratko Mladic Stands Trial In The Hague

The Huffington Post UK | Paul Vale | Posted 16.05.2012 | UK
Read More: Bosnia, Bosnia War, UK News, Clinton Bosnia, Slideexpand, Ratko Mladic, Ratko Mladic Arrested, Ratko Mladic Trial, Ratko Mladic War Crimes, Video, UK News

Ratko Mladic has gone on trial in The Hague accused of carrying out atrocities in Bosnia, twenty years after the 1992-95 war in which more than 100,00...

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EU Must Press Bosnia and Herzegovina on Childcare Reform

Jasna Hodzic | Posted 04.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia, Sarajevo, Desinstitutionalisation, UK News
Jasna Hodzic

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the start of the Siege of Sarajevo. Anniversaries like this often provide watershed moments; people and governments remember, reflect, apologise and make commitments to doing things differently in the future.

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In the Land of Blood and Honey: The Bosnia Behind Jolie's Film

Jasna Hodzic | Posted 11.04.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Angelina Jolie, Bosnia, In the Land of Blood and Honey, Bosnian War, Bosnian Children, Eastern Europe, Berlin Film Festival, Bosnian Orphans, UK Entertainment, Ukfilm, UK Entertainment News
Jasna Hodzic

Angelina Jolie's directorial debut, In the Land of Blood and Honey, gets its European premiere at the Berlin Film Festival this weekend. Her film gives viewers an insight into what life was like in Bosnia during the 1990s war. But 20 years on, have things changed?

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Archbishop of Canterbury Remembers Genocide Victims on Holocaust Memorial Day

PA | Posted 27.01.2012 | UK
Read More: Rwanda, Darfur, Video, Bosnia, Holocaust, UK News, Nazis, Holocaust Memorial Day, Cambodia, UK Culture, Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, UK News

Holocaust Memorial Day will today commemorate victims of Nazi persecution and subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. Service...

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Tasting the Memories of the Land of Blood and Honey

Charlotte Eagar | Posted 25.03.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Bosnia, Muslim, Serbs, Srebrenica, Sarajevo, UK Entertainment, In the Land of Blood and Honey, Bosnian War, Charlotte Eagar, Angelina Jolie, UK Culture, UK Film, Film, Movies, Girl in the Film, UK Entertainment News
Charlotte Eagar

Strange that in an industry so hungry for stories, it's taken someone of Angelina Jolie's stature to get a film about Bosnia off the ground. It doesn't matter how much real human drama and tragedy stalked its mountains, there's a perception in Hollywood that films about Bosnia don't make money. Too complicated, they say, three sides.

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Angelina Puts On A Brave Face, With Brad's Help (PICTURES)

The Huffington Post UK | Caroline Frost | Posted 05.02.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Angelina Jolie, Bosnia, Brad Pitt, UK Film, Serbia, In the Land of Blood and Honey, Croatia, UK Film Drama, UK Entertainment News

Angelina Jolie put on a brave face for the premiere of her directorial debut In the Land of Blood and Honey in New York. The actress, who also wrot...

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Angelina Jolie Honoured At Sarajevo Film Festival

www.bbc.co.uk | Posted 30.09.2011 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Angelina Jolie, Ukfilm, Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia, Angelina Jolie Directing, UK Entertainment News

A tearful Angelina Jolie has been honoured at the Sarajevo Film Festival for her acting and "active engagement in the complexities of the real world"....

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Goran Hadzic, War Crimes Suspect, Extradited To The Hague

The Guardian | Posted 21.09.2011 | UK
Read More: Icty, Bosnia, Ratko Mladic, War Crimes Suspect, Croatia, Goran Hadzic, Serbia, Yugoslavia, Balkans War, War Crimes Fugitive, Belgrade, The Hague, UK News

The Serbian authorities moved swiftly on Friday to rid themselves of their last international war crimes suspect and fugitive, extraditing the 1990s w...

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Bodies Reburied On Srebrenica Anniversary

Daily Telegraph | Posted 10.09.2011 | UK
Read More: Srebrenica Massacre, Bosnia, Bosnia War, Slobodan Milosevic, Ratko Mladic, Srebrenica, Bosniaks, UK News

Families of around 8,000 Muslims victims of the massacre were heading to the vast cemetery where more than 4,000 white grave stones dot the grounds an...

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