Republik of Bosna I Hercegovina 10th Anniversary of Srebrenica Massacre

REPUBLIK OF BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA in 2005 issued a commemorative 10th anniversary stamp marking the Srebrenica Massacre, also known as Srebrenica Genocide. Two images on a vertical stamp depict women at a graveside memorial praying and grieving over departed victims. The stamp's illustration was created by Bosnian Muslim artist Mersad Berber; these two paintings are  from his portfolio entitled "Never Forget Srebrenica". 

This stamp is very difficult to document as so little information is available about it. This stamp, along with two Dutch stamps, are the only known commemorative stamps dedicated to the Srebrenica Massacre.

The Srebrenica Massacre occurred in July 1995, during the Bosnian War. It culminated after three years of fighting over Srebrenica territory and finally resulted in the genocidal killing of more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys in and around the town of Srebrenica. Minors not transported to safety by the UN met the same grim fate: 600 minors, including babies, toddlers, children and teens, were also summarily executed and dumped into mass graves. Multiple rapes and suicides also happened.

A list of missing or killed people during the massacre compiled by the Bosnian Federal Commission of Missing Persons contains 8,372 names. As of July 2012, 6,838 genocide victims have been identified through DNA analysis of body parts recovered from mass graves; as of July 2021, 6,671 bodies have been buried at the Memorial Centre of Potočari, while another 236 have been buried elsewhere.

Bosnian Serbs reject the classification of genocide and dispute the high number of dead. Despite their account, much testimony and evidence provided during the subsequent trials at the The Hague and courts elsewhere, prove otherwise. The 'ethnic cleansing' was described as extensive, horrific and graphic in detail.

As of July 2021, the UN court in The Hague has upheld the life sentence handed down to former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic. This makes the number of life terms imposed for involvement in the Srebrenica genocide to five. Among the other convicts sentenced to life have so far included Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic,  wartime chiefs of security of the Bosnian Serb Army’s Main Headquarters, Zdravko Tolimir and Ljubisa Beara, and Vujadin Popovic, who was the assistant commander of security for the Bosnian Serb Army’s Drina Corps. Besides them, a total of 48 individuals have been sentenced to more than 700 years in prison by courts in The Hague, Sarajevo and Belgrade for involvement in crimes related to the Srebrenica massacres.

Source: Wikipedia and Balkan Insight