Veterans of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH), the Croat Defence Council (HVO), the Croatian Army (HV), the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS), the Army of Yugoslavia (VJ) and the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA), together with activists from the Centre for Nonviolent Action Sarajevo/Belgrade, took part in the commemoration in Prijepolje and honoured the civilians killed after they were taken off the train in Štrpci, expressing their solidarity and support for the families of the victims and calling for the prosecution of those responsible and for finding the remains of the victims.
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War Veterans in Jajce: We Need to Honour All Victims
Mixed group of war veterans, some 40 former members of the Army of RBiH, HVO, HV, VRS, JNA and VJ visited sites of suffering and memorials in Jajce to pay their respects to the victims
War Veterans from the Region at the Commemoration in Grabovica: Killing Civilians Cannot Be Justified
War veterans, former members of the Army of RBiH, HVO, HV, VRS and VJ laid flowers and paid their respects to civilians killed in Grabovica. “The killing of innocent civilians cannot be justified, and even today families are still looking for the remains of 17 of their beloved. We cannot turn back the time and put things right, but we want to show that, with all our differences, we can remember all victims together, honour them together and build a more just society,” said Amer Delić from the Centre for Nonviolent Action, a war veteran of the Army of RBiH from Zavidovići.
War Veterans from the Region at the Commemoration in Ahmići: We Need to Remember All Victims
“We are here to show by our presence that we can and must show compassion and respect not just for victims from our own people, but for others too. To show that there is another way. Then we can set the foundations for peace and coexistence in this region, which is our goal. So that our children never have to go through what we went through,” said Krešimir Ivančić, a veteran of the Croatian Army.
War Veterans Visit the Former Vozuća Battleground: Let me ask you, what was it like for you?
War veterans from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia visited the former Vozuća battleground in the Zavidovići Municipality, paying their respects to the civilian and military casualties.
Reconciliation and Peacebuilding seminar – Cali, Colombia
14th – 16th November 2016
War Veterans Visit Croatia -Daruvar, Pakrac and Lipik
7-9 September 2016
Peace Initiative: War Veterans on a Quest for Peace
Published in Bjelovarski list on 19 September 2016
Don’t offer us another war instead of bread, NIN 15.09.2016
Forty war veterans who were on warring sides in the 1990s met at the place where the war started and sent a message to the politicians to stop the renewal of another vicious circle of hatred
War-Veterans on a Peace Mission
Joint visit of war-veterans to Daruvar, Pakrac and Lipik, Croatia 8 September 2016
War-veterans attend commemorations at Hrastova Glavica, Trnopolje and Novi Grad
5 and 6 August 2016
Islam and Nonviolence – How I Became a Muslim and a Peace Activist
This article was published in German in Spinnrad, Zeitschrift des Internationalen Versöhnungsbundes (Spinnrad Magazine of the International Reconciliation Society) – Austria, No. 1/April 2016
Second Training for Students from BIH, Bjelašnica, 6-11 November 2015
The second Peacebuilding Training for Students was held from 6 to 11 November 2015. The location was Hotel Bjelašnica.
War-veterans Meeting
Discussing ideas and plans for future joint actions
War-veterans’ giving hands – Ljudevit Kolar from “Danas”, 27 May 2015
War-veterans set an example that there is a way forward, after everything they had been through, a way to respect differences