Svilile
Svilile is a village in the municipality of Bratunac, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is approximately 1.2 km northeast of Nova Kasaba.
Svilile | |
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Village | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Republika Srpska |
| Municipality | Bratunac |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
History
During the Bosnian War of the 1990s, Svilile, along with all of the Drina Valley, was ethnically cleansed of its Bosnian Muslim population by the Serb-controlled Army of Republika Srpska.[1] The methods of ethnic cleansing included rape, torture, mass murder and forced evacuations.[2] Between 30 June and 2 July 1998, the State Commission on Missing Persons exhumed the remains of 26 Bosnian Muslims in Svilile.[3]
References
- "UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA: Srebrenica Investigation" (PDF). Stroga. 16 May 2000. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- "22 October 2014 transcripts of the trial of Serbian war criminal Ratko Mladić". ICTY transcripts. 22 October 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- "Forensic Monitoring Project Report: Svilile Exhumations State Commission on Missing Persons". OSA ARCHIVUM. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
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