In Spite of Hatred

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inavukic

November 25, 2013

Happy Statehood Day – Bosnia and Herzegovina!

I would like to be able to mark Bosnian Statehood Day (Dan Državnosti) with a cheery report about how Bosnia and Hercegovina (BiH) has bounced back after the war and that ethnic cleansing is a distant memory. However, that’s not true. As I write, corpses continue to be exhumed from a mass grave that may prove to be the largest from the Bosnian conflict, and genocide denial is widespread. The country is divided into two, and little has changed since 1994 when Dževad Karahasan wrote:

“All our efforts to explain… are futile, simply because the issue is not the lack of understanding or inadequate information but a deliberately false naming of things. No serious person can really believe that we are truly dealing with a civil war here, or that the forced impregnation of a woman is the same thing as rape, as awful as that crime is. Western politicians…

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2 responses to “In Spite of Hatred”

banke

January 15, 2014

Hi colleagues, how is everything, and what you wish for to say
regarding this piece of writing, in my view its really amazing in support of me.

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1. inavukic
  
  January 15, 2014
  
  Thank you banke
  
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I’m Ina

I was born in Croatia and live Australia. I have been described as a prominent figure known for my contribution to the Croatian and wider societies, particularly in the context of Croatia’s transition from communism to democracy, as well as for my many years of work as a clinical psychologist and Chief Executive Officer of government-funded services for people with disabilities, including mental health services, in Australia. In 1995, the President of the Republic of Croatia awarded me two Medals of Honor, the Homeland War Memorial Medal and the Order of the Croatian Trefoil for her special merits and her contribution to the founding of the Republic of Croatia. I have been a successful blogger since 2011 and write extensively in the English-language on issues related to Croatian current affairs and democracy, as well as the challenges Croatia faced and still faces in its transition from communism. My goal is to raise awareness of these connections and issues worldwide.

Croatia, the War, and the Future