The Massacre of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica

Compiled By: Syed Ali Shahbaz
On July 11, 1995 AD, during the Bosnian War, more than 8,000 Muslims of the city of Srebrenica were slaughtered by the Serbs. This crime against humanity was the biggest massacre in Europe since World War II. Although the UN Security Council had declared Srebrenica a safe haven in 1993 and its forces were stationed in this city, the Serb militias occupied the city and cold-bloodedly slaughtered the people.
At the site of carnage, the Dutch peacekeeping forces stationed in the region took no measures to save the lives of the Muslim civilians. The indifference of European states toward this human catastrophe was questionable. All the three fact-finding committees, formed after the end of the Bosnian War held the European Union and the United Nations responsible for the massacre of Muslims in Srebrenica.