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Protest Letter to Columbia University for hosting genocide denier, Milorad Dodik

October 23, 2011

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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

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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

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

September 28, 2011

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

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

September 11, 2011

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

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CNAB press release regarding conviction of war criminal Momcilo Perisic

September 7, 2011

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

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

September 6, 2011

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

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The CNAB, the IRGC, and the BAGI welcome the news of the extradition to Bosnia and Herzegovina of the war criminal Aleksandar Cvetkovic by the Israeli government

August 3, 2011

The Congress of North American Bosniaks (CNAB), the Institute for Research of Genocide Canada (IRGC), and the Bosnian American Genocide Institute and Education Center (BAGI) welcome the news of the extradition of Aleksandar Cvetkovic by the Israeli government following an extradition request by the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Aleksandar Cvetkovic is a Bosnian Serb who moved to Israel in 2006 and is accused of direct involvement in the cold blooded execution of more than 1,000 Bosniak civilians in the Srebrenica Genocide.  Read more

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Press release regarding the shameful decision by ICTY Appeals Chamber in the Florence Hartmann case

July 22, 2011

On the occasion of the shameful verdict issued by the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) against the former spokesmen for the ICTY, the current International Expert Team Member of the Institute for Research of Genocide Canada (IRGC), and the recipient of the 2010 CNAB Award, Florence Hartmann, IRGC and the Congress of North American Bosniaks (CNAB) would like to jointly issue the following press release. Read more

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State of Michigan Senate adopted the resolution commemorating Srebrenica genocide

July 9, 2011

The State of Michigan Senators adopted the Senate Resolution SR 70 proclaiming July 11, 2011, as Srebrenica Remembrance Day and the week of July 11, 2011, as Bosnia and Herzegovina Tribute Week in the state of Michigan. State Senators unanimously voted to adopt the Resolution. In a letter to Senators, the Congress of North American Bosniaks (CNAB) thanked Michigan legislators for their support to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Bosniak Americans in Michigan. Read more

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Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx Honors Srebrenica Genocide Victims

July 9, 2011

Charlotte, NC Mayor Anthony R. Foxx honored the Srebrenica genocide victims by issuing a proclamation recognizing the Srebrenica genocide in which more than 8,000 Bosniak civilians were brutally slaughtered by Serb forces led by the recently arrested general Ratko Mladic. Read more

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