CNAB Condemns Attack on U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo
October 28, 2011
The Congress of North American Bosniaks strongly condemns the attack that occurred at the United States Embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) today. The news sources report that an armed attacker identified as Mevlid Jasarevic, who is originally from Novi Pazar, Serbia opened fire on the U.S. Embassy, injuring at least one police officer. CNAB is thankful for the swift response and bravery of the Bosnia and Herzegovina police and special forces, and reaction to the attack. We are thankful that no one inside the Embassy was hurt and our thoughts and prayers are with those police officers who were injured in this senseless attack. Read more
United States Holocaust Museum launches “Mladic files” documenting war crimes of Ratko Mladic
October 27, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has launched “The Mladic Files,” a multimedia website providing in-depth, real-time reporting of the trial of Ratko Mladic in The Hague. In addition to documenting the trial of the man accused of orchestrating the largest massacre in Europe since World War II, the project will examine related issues such as whether bringing to justice those responsible for mass atrocities may help prevent future ones. Read more
Letter to the Editor of Columbia Daily Spectator regarding Dodik and Trifunovic
October 27, 2011
Source: Columbia Daily Spectator
To the Editor:
Tuesday’s lecture by the genocide denier and president of the smaller of the two political entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milorad Dodik, was a slap in the face to the victims of genocide. It is astonishing that Columbia would allow him the platform to spread his lies and propaganda regarding the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, despite protests by victims of genocide and organizations like the Congress of North American Bosniaks, Read more
Columbia University Prevents Bosnian Americans from Attending Dodik Lecture
October 27, 2011
Source: Bosniak American Advisory Council for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BAACBH.org)
BAACBH strongly condemns Columbia University’s discriminatory actions against Bosnian Americans that occurred yesterday, October 25, 2011. The University’s Harriman Institute of Russian, Eurasian, and Eastern European Studies hosted Milorad Dodik, the President of Republika Srpska (RS), where he gave a lecture titled “An American Foreign Policy Success Story: The Dayton Accords, Republika Srpska, and Bosnia’s European Integration.” Read more
ICTJ objects to Dodik’s lecture at Columbia University’s Harriman Institute
October 27, 2011
News Source: Columbia Daily Spectator
By Refik Hodzic, director of communications at the International Center for Transnational Justice.
I am objecting to the lecture which was hosted by the Harriman Institute yesterday.
While I fully respect the right of the Harriman Institute to invite speakers of its choice, I believe that the title of the lecture, “An American Foreign Policy Success Story: The Dayton Accords, Republika Srpska, and Bosnia’s European Integration,” begs several serious questions of the organizers (The Republika Srpska is one of two political entitites in Bosnia and Herzegovina). Read more
CNAB condolence letter to earthquake victims in Turkey
October 24, 2011
The Congress of North American Bosniaks (CNAB) expresses its sincere sympathy and condolences to the victims of the horrific 7.2 magnitude earthquake in eastern Turkey on Sunday. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Turkish people as they mourn the victims and conduct a search and rescue effort of the survivors. Read more
Protest Letter to Columbia University for hosting genocide denier, Milorad Dodik
October 23, 2011
John H. Coatsworth, Ph.D
Dean, School of International and Public Affairs
Columbia University
14th floor, MC 3328
New York, NY 10027
Timothy Frye , Ph.D.
Director, The Harriman Institute
Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy
Columbia University Read more
Protest letter to SNR Denton regarding the planned event showcasing Milorad Dodik in Chicago
October 17, 2011
Elliot I. Portnoy, Chief Executive
SNR Denton
1301 K Street, N.W.
Suite 600, East Tower
Washington, DC 20005-3364
Dear Mr. Portnoy,
We are writing to you on behalf of 300,000 Bosnian Americans and 50,000 Bosnian Canadians that we represent to protest the planned event on October 21, 2011 showcasing Milorad Dodik, the current president of the smaller of two entities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Read more
Matt Damon: Documentary on Systematic Rape of Bosniak Women & Girls
October 16, 2011
Author: Daniel Toljaga
Throughout long, difficult, strenuous history of the Bosniak people, they were subjected to racist, state-imposed, and often violent denials of their identity, their uniqueness, their culture, and even their language: the Bosnian language; the very language that produced the first printed dictionary of its vocabulary nearly 200 years before the first printed dictionary of the Serbian language. Read more
