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Thousands Retrace Srebrenica Escape Route in 30th-Anniversary Peace March

Survivors lead a 100-kilometer peace march ahead of the reburial of seven newly identified victims to sustain memory in the face of persistent genocide denial.

People participate in the "March of Peace" to remember the 1995 Srebrenica genocide, in Nezuk, Bosnia, Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
People participate in the "March of Peace" in memory of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in Nezuk, Bosnia, Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
An aerial view of the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial Center in Potocari, Bosnia, on June 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
Sefika Mustafic, 72, stands in front of her home in the village of Potocari near Srebrenica, Bosnia, on June 29, 2025. During the genocide a total of 15 members of her family were killed. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

Overview

  • Nearly 7,000 people have embarked on a three-day, 100-kilometer peace march retracing the route taken by Bosniak men and boys fleeing Srebrenica in 1995.
  • Seven sets of remains recently identified through DNA analysis will be buried on July 11 at the expanding Potocari memorial cemetery.
  • Women survivors continue to exhume remains and share testimony, finding solace in proper burials even as they confront enduring trauma.
  • International courts have convicted close to 50 Bosnian Serb officials for genocide, but denial of the massacre persists among some Serb leaders.
  • Since the memorial cemetery opened in 2003, more than 6,700 victims have been reburied and nearly 90 percent of the missing have been identified, though about 1,000 remain unaccounted for.