https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6 by Trisha, Bertha, Allison, and Kate en-us 2021-03-11 14:26:51 UTC 2024-11-15 04:17:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/2694.png kaginsburg https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1298214944 Yugoslavia has been broken up into different Slavic/European countries since the time of the Bosnian genocide.
Yugoslavia broke apart mainly because of political and social unrest, as well as the atrocities following World War II.]]> 2021-03-11 14:31:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1298214944 kaginsburg https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1298216616 The Serbs in Bosnia-Herzegovina aimed their hostilities towards Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks) and Croats.]]> 2021-03-11 14:31:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1298216616 kaginsburg https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1298216967 The Bosnian genocide started in 1992 when Bosnia-Herzegovina declared its independence from Yugoslavia, and continued until 1995 when the Dayton Treaty was signed.]]> 2021-03-11 14:31:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1298216967 kaginsburg https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1298217204 After the former Yugoslavian leader Marshal Tito died in 1980, problems started to arise. Slobodan Milosevic, a Serb, came to power and encouraged the idea of Serbian nationalism, and with the creation of Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1992, Serbs in the area wanted to be a part of "Greater Serbia" and "ethnically cleanse" the area of Muslims and Croats.]]> 2021-03-11 14:31:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1298217204 kaginsburg https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1298217719 Richard Holbrooke, an American diplomat, was the first person in the US to call it a genocide, and he urged the Clinton adminstration to do something about it.

Journalists and individual citizens also helped galvanize public opinion in the US.]]> 2021-03-11 14:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1298217719 kaginsburg https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1298218135 US under President Bush: refused to get involved. 
UN: banned arm sales to reduce weapons, only served to leave Muslims more vulnerable as Serbs could source weapons from elsewhere. They also sent peacekeepers and designated safe areas.
NATO: Later, under the Clinton adminstration, the US and NATO launched a bombing campaign against the Serb Army, helping Muslims turn the tide of the war. 

]]> 2021-03-11 14:32:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1298218135 kaginsburg https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1298220249 The punishments were determined by a trial after the genocide was "over."
The main punishments included:
1. Life imprisonment for the top ranking generals in the Serbian military
2. Milosevic (the leader of Yugoslavia who brought the genocide to the nation) was charged with “crimes against humanity”, and “violations of the laws or customs of war," and was imprisoned for life]]> 2021-03-11 14:32:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1298220249 kaginsburg https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1298220634 As for restoring Bosnia and assisting the Croats and Muslims, large amounts of economic sanctions have been instated for Bosnia and other slavic countries. The nation of Yugoslavia has been split up, and relationships between the countries still haven't entirely settled.]]> 2021-03-11 14:32:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1298220634 beshipper https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1298221358 Muslim and Croatians were targeted because Serbs saw themselves as part of Milosevic’s “Greater Serbia” and tried to expel the "inferior races" from "their" land.]]> 2021-03-11 14:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1298221358 beshipper https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1298221675 Serbs made Bosnians give them their property and all their belongings in exchange for their lives. Serbs united themselves against the Bosnian Croatians and Muslims, specifically citizens who “galvanized public opinion”.]]> 2021-03-11 14:32:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1298221675 beshipper https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1298222175 In an attempt to do an “ethnic cleansing” and rid the Muslims and Croatian civilians, Serbs “used torture, gang rape, concentration camps, and massacres”. 200,000 people died and 2.3 million lost their homes]]> 2021-03-11 14:32:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1298222175 beshipper https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1298222413 Elderly Serbs deny that the genocide happened, stating that "the number is exaggerated... there are many living people whose names are engraved on the grave sites." They also claim that crowds at memorials are "so large because ‘Western NGOs’ paid people to attend. Everything is well-coordinated." (Rhode) Even though there are DNA testing and science proving the war crimes and death toll, people still claim innocence.]]> 2021-03-11 14:32:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1298222413 trsaxena https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1312981080 2021-03-15 22:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1312981080 beshipper https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1312981832 2021-03-15 22:08:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1312981832 trsaxena https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1312981955 2021-03-15 22:08:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1312981955 kaginsburg https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1312981972 2021-03-15 22:08:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1312981972 kaginsburg https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1315218254 2021-03-16 12:24:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1315218254 kaginsburg https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1315219197 2021-03-16 12:24:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1315219197 kaginsburg https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1315226099 2021-03-16 12:26:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1315226099 beshipper https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1315226788 2021-03-16 12:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1315226788 trsaxena https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1315228598 2021-03-16 12:27:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kaginsburg/6ufhfesgm54paqp6/wish/1315228598