CNAB welcomes the ruling striking the controversial Bosnia and Herzegovina Citizenship Act as unconstitutional

The Congress of North American Bosniaks (CNAB) welcomes the decision of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) ruling that the controversial Citizenship Act is unconstitutional. The Court ruled that the Bosnia and Herzegovina Parliament has six months to change the law which takes away the Bosnian-Herzegovinian citizenship to those citizens who have also become citizens of another country, except for those holding citizenship of countries with whom BiH has signed bilateral agreements on such issues. CNAB has repeatedly warned that the Citizenship Act  discriminates against Bosniaks in the Diaspora Read more

Perisic judgment confirms Serbia’s direct involvement in wars in Bosnia and Croatia

Source: Srebrenica Genocide Blog

In evaluating the sentence of 27 years of imprisonment for General Perišić, the Trial Judgment emphasized that “the Army of Republika Srpska’s crimes lasted over a long period of time and that the victims were numerous and particularly vulnerable and that General Perišić kept providing assistance to the VRS [Bosnian Serb Army] for months after being informed of the massacre in Srebrenica”… ” Read more

Remembering the victims of 9/11 terrorist attacks ten years later

Today marks the 10th year of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, what represents one of the most senseless and devastating crimes known to modern civilization, when nearly 3,000 innocent people were killed by terrorists who hijacked three airplanes and used them as missiles to carry out their attack against the United States and its citizens.

On this sad day, CNAB remembers and honors the victims and hopes for a future without terrorism, aggression, genocide, and war. As victims of war and genocide, we know what it is like to lose our loved ones and what can happen when an ideology of hatred goes unchecked.  Read more

CNAB condemns the planned flooding of Bosniak property

The Congress of North American Bosniaks (CNAB) strongly condemns the plans of the smaller entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the RS, to flood the Bosniak owned properties around the Sutjeska and Drina rivers. The plan  to build four hydro plants next year on Bosniak owned land in eastern Bosnia is the latest attempt by the RS authorities to expropriate and expel Bosniak returnees in a continuation of the ethnic cleansing policies conducted against Bosniaks in Bosnia. Read more

CNAB press release regarding conviction of war criminal Momcilo Perisic

The Congress of North American Bosniaks (CNAB) welcomes the news of the United Nations tribunal in The Hague regarding the conviction of the former head of the armed forces in Serbia, General Momcilo Perišić for crimes against humanity and war crimes against civilians during the 1990s in Bosnia and Croatia, including in the cities of Sarajevo and Srebrenica. This is another victory for justice. We hope it will bring some peace to the victims of the Serbian aggression on neighboring countries. Read more

CNAB and IRGC demand Swedish national TV apology for airing Serbian nationalist propaganda

The Congress of North American Bosniaks (CNAB) and the Institute for Research of genocide, Canada (IRGC) condemn in strongest possible terms the airing of the Serbian nationalist propaganda movies, “The Town that was Sacrificed” and “Traces of Sarajevo” on the Swedish national Television. We demand that the Swedish national TV apologizes to the victims of genocide who currently live in Sweden. Denying genocide is the second stage of denying victims of the genocide the right to justice and committing another genocide. Read more