With the opening of the photo exhibition ‘Srebrenica 1995 – 2005’ by the Bosnian photographer Tarik Samarah. This exhibition is accessible free of charge till 14 October 2005 in the Second Chamber building at Lange Poten 4 in The Hague, the Netherlands, from Monday till Friday between 10.00 17.00 o’clock.
NB: this exhibition has been closed from the end of August onwards by the Chamber’s chairman Frans Weisglas, because some photo’s have been too shocking for schoolchildren visiting the parliament. If an alternative location is found, it will be posted here.
Main speakers:
– ms. Farah Karimi, deputy of the GreenLeft party, and initiator of this remembrance
– Abdurahman Malkic, mayor of Srebrenica
ICHI-chairman Caspar ten Dam was invited, and made use of the opportunity to make ICHI known within the selected gathering of politicians and other dignitaries, after the commemoration and after the opening of the exhibition.
*: see our link ‘Archive’ about the tragedy of Srebrenica, where more than 8,000 Bosnian boys and men met a violent death.