That the Parliament marks the 80th anniversary of the Holocaust and acknowledges the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, in which 8,372 predominantly Bosnian Muslim men and boys were murdered; believes that this remains the worst atrocity on European soil since the Second World War; condemns the broader violence and ethnic cleansing that it considers ravaged Bosnia and Herzegovina in the early 1990s, which resulted in the deaths of over 100,000 people and the displacement of over two million more, and calls for continued efforts to ensure that such horrors are never forgotten and are not allowed to be repeated; believes that the genocide in Srebrenica did not occur overnight, but was the culmination of years of hostility, propaganda, disinformation, oppression, marginalisation, discrimination and hate speech, leading to widespread violence; supports the work of the Beyond Srebrenica charity, formerly known as Remembering Srebrenica Scotland, which, through its efforts in Scotland, works to raise public awareness about the causes and effects of hatred, intolerance and prejudice in society, as well as to promote the elimination of discrimination based on race, ethnicity or religion; encourages further educational initiatives by Beyond Srebrenica that help to promote understanding, reconciliation and tolerance within Scotland, while also remembering the atrocities of Srebrenica and other acts of systematic discrimination, which have led, or have the potential to lead, to genocide, and calls on the Scottish Government to continue supporting international initiatives aimed at promoting peace, justice and human rights, both in the Balkans and globally, as part of Scotland’s commitment to a world free from prejudice, hatred and violence.
Supported by:
Clare Adamson, Paul Sweeney