The annual Peace March began in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Tuesday, in memory of the victims of the Srebrenica genocide.
Over the next three days, thousands of participants will walk the route that thousands of Srebrenica citizens took in the summer of 1995, in an attempt to escape from Serbian forces.
After a journey of about 110 kilometers, which started from the village of Nezuk, near Tuzla, they will arrive at the Potočari Memorial Center, where the 30th anniversary of the massacre is being marked on July 11.
On that day, the remains of seven massacre victims who were found last year will be buried there.
On July 11, 1995, Bosnian Serb forces entered Srebrenica, an area that had been declared safe by the United Nations.
In the days that followed, they killed over 8,000 Bosniak men and boys, dumping their bodies in pits in the surrounding forests.
The crime was recognized by the International Criminal Court in The Hague as genocide.
In the last three decades, more than 50 people were sentenced to approximately 780 years in prison for genocide and other crimes in Srebrenica.
Among those sentenced to life imprisonment are the wartime president of Republika Srpska and the commander of that entity's army, Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic.
The Peace March has been held since 2005 and every year the number of participants increases.
The purpose of this event is to keep alive the memory of the victims of the Srebrenica genocide./ REL (A2 Televizion)
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