20 years after the Genocide in Srebrenica.

Coffins that are buried during the burial of the dead during the commemoration at Potocari memorial are stored inside one of the warehouses at the former car battery factory, formerly UN HQ during the war in Bosnia. It allows family and friends to come and share one last moment with the remains before the burial which take place on July 11th. Potocari, July 10th, 2015.

A young girl is crying outside the warehouse in Potocari where the coffins for this years burial of the dead are placed, one day before the burial. Potocari July 10th, 2015.

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One last moment before the burial.

People are mourning over the coffins to their loved ones, one final time before the burial the following day. Potocari, July 10th, 2015.

People are coming to the memorial one last time to mourn by the remains of the dead.

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Sanela Mehmedovic is burying her uncle and his son.

Sanela Mehmedovic is buring her uncle and his son, 20 years after the genocide in Srebrenica, Bosnia. During the last few years, 2 other sons of her uncle were buried. Potocari, July 10th, 2015.

Sanela Mehmedovic is buring her uncle and his son.

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July 11th, Bill Clinton visits Potocari Memorial.

July 11th 2015, marked the 20th commemoration since the Genocide in Srebrenica took place. Bill Clinton visited the Potocari Memorial and more people then I have ever seen there marked the occasion.

Bill Clinton arriving at the Potocari Memorial, with plenty security. 

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Peace March, Nova Kasaba and Liplje.

Survivors of the Genocide in Srebrenica telling their stories to the people walking the peace march.

Hasan Hasanovic talking at the camp site in Liplje

Enver Husic talking at the camp site in Nova Kasaba

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Mars Mira- Peace March 2015

The Peace March that takes place between Nzuk and Potocari follows the route the men, boys and some women took when they escaped through the woods from Srebrenica trying to reach the safe area of Tuzla. It is around 110 km long and a really physical and psychological challenge. It is hot in Bosnia in July- these men have just reached Liplje and enjoy a well deserved shower provided by the Bosnian army!

Shower- Mars Mira/ Peace March style!

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Sarajevo

Baščaršija is Sarajevo's old bazaar and the historical and cultural center of the city, built in the 15th century when the city was founded. 

A man photographing his wife in front of the Baščaršija

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Salesman, old town Sarajevo

Young salesman in the old town of Sarajevo with mobile phone- dressed up for the occasion.
July 6th 2015.

This great looking little guy seemed to be in full control at the shop n sarajevo this evening.

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Keystone.

I am delighted to to start a collaboration with Keystone in Switzerland. It means that images from my project on "life after genocide" will be distributed and are now becoming available for editorial purposes through them. The first batch is available- more to come.

"Life After Genocide" available through Keystone.

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Amsterdam...and rain.

It rained in Amsterdam- but, it is still a great place for watching people, places & photography.

Rain.

Hiding inside.

More rain, more staying inside.

A break from the rain.

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York, UK

York is down there somewhere, under that very big cloud.

Visiting York- The historic city centre, surrounded by its glorious town walls, was founded by the Romans in 71AD. The York Minster is beautiful- google it and you will see loads of pictures of it... not mine though.

The river, river is beautiful, well used it seems by the rowers.
York is a University town which is easy to recognise as you walk through it.

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The Kravica Massacre.

"The Kravica execution (also known as the Kravica massacre) was one of the mass executions of Bosnian Muslims by the Serb Army during the Srebrenica genocide. It was committed on July 13, 1995, after take-over of Srebrenica. It is estimated that between 1,000 and 1,500 men were killed". Wikipedia.

I visited a second time last July with some of the surviving women

The warehouse is located right by the road as you drive to Srebrenica. It is today used for storage by local farmers.

Inside one of the rooms in the warehouse.

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The Football field at Nova Kasaba.

The Nova Kasaba football field is the locations where more then 1000 men were held prisoners and then later killed. 

The Nova Kasaba football field is located just off the road that goes between Belgrade and Sarajevo, along the river Jadar.

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The Culture Centre (Dom Kulture) in Pilica.

Around 500 innocent people were killed at this cultural centre in July 1995, including the twin brother of my friend Hasan Hasanovic.

Inside the Pilica Cultural Centre where around 500 men and boys, including Hasan's twin brother, were killed.  

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Srebrenica: Execution site; Lazete 1 and Lazete 2

"A large group of the prisoners who had been held overnight in Bratunac were bussed in a convoy of 30 vehicles to the Grbavci school in Orahovac early in the morning of 14 July 1995. When they got there, the school gym was already half-filled with prisoners who had been arriving since the early morning hours and, within a few hours, the building was full. Survivors estimated that there were 2,000 to 2,500 men there, some of them very young and some quite elderly, although the ICTY Prosecution suggested this may have been an over-estimation and that the number of prisoners at this site was probably closer to 1,000. Some prisoners were taken outside and killed. At some point, a witness recalled, General Mladić arrived and told the men: "Well, your government does not want you, and I have to take care of you." - Wikipedia

Hasan Hasanovic near the Lazeta 1 and 2 fields.

Grbavci School. Only the marks, the four crew holes, from the Memorial plaque can be seen as the actual plaque describing what happened here has been removed. 

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The boy in Musha

Going with my friend John to his village, Musha, we went to a field in order to see where he had been with his cousin, little brother and grandmother in 1994. This little boy was curious about what we were doing there...

The boy in the field, Musha, Rwanda, 2014

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Boy at Kimoronko Market

Going through lots of work and then I was reminded about the boy I met the Kimoronko Market on my first visit to Rwanda. It was great having a guide that took me through everywhere... At the end I had a flag/ scarf as a souvenir.

The Market Boy from Kimirionko

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Reverien: Home. Back home again, 20 years later.

Révéraien Rurangwa, a good friend, a Genocide survivor and a travel companion is back at his place, his home, in La Chaux-de-Fonds, the small town in the canton of Neuchâtel. The pictures bellow shows some of the moments we spent together when we went back and visited his home village of Mugina, about an hour outside of Kigali. Just over 20 years before, on April 20th 1994, 43 members of his closest family was brutally murdered in the Rwandan genocide. This short photo essay is short listed for the EWZ, Swiss Photo Award. The opening is this coming Wednesday at 17:00, in Zurich http://www.facebook.com/swissphotoaward 

Révéraien at home, in La Chaux-de-Fonds, the first time we met.

Reverien, Kigali, Rwanda, January 2015

Not being dead, Reverien walked across the strewn bodies to a nearby fruit garden. Meeting the killers, he begged also to be killed. Instead, they cut his eye out.

At home. Again in Mugina. 

20 years later, a new generation plays outside the house.

With what is left of family, at the house in Kigali. 

Reverien met Janvier Uwumukiza when both were at the same red cross hospital in 1994. She was 11. She had been thrown into a very deep pit. As a result, she is paralysed from neck and down. Only a little bit of movement in her left arm remains. Still, she greeted us at her house in Kibungo near the boarder to Tanzania. She had a big smile, make up and new, pink, nails. But life is not easy. She prefers her room to stay rather dark, has a small TV set for entertainment and of course help with just about everything. She has been 20 years in bed. She can not move at all. Not even to be take outside.

This is what Janvier Uwumukiza sees from her bed. 

Révérien at home in La Chaux-de-Fonds.

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