An exhibition of paintings depicting an eleven-day massacre in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica will be displayed in Birmingham this week. Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276 The exhibition, by British artist Robert McNeil MBE, marks the 29th anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica, which saw more than 8,000 men and boys murdered for being Muslim. The killings were perpetrated by units of the Bosnian Serb Army of Republika Srpska under Ratko Mladić.
Artist Mr McNeil was formerly a forensic technician who worked for the United Nations in Bosnia gathering evidence of genocide. The event, held at the city’s council house , will also include testimony by a survivor of the genocide, Ernesa Ibišević-Hajdarević. Birmingham library will also be lit up green as part of the council’s commemorations to remember those who lost their lives in what was the worst episode of mass murder on European soil since the Second World War.
Remembering Srebrenica, together with the Bosnia and Herzegovina UK Network, both of which are based in Birmingham, will be putting on the display alongside Mr McNeil. The exhibition will form part of West Midlands Srebrenica Memorial Day event which will take place at the Council House on July 11 from 12.30pm to 2.
15pm and is open to the public. Hosted by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Councillor Ken Wood, the event, the theme of which is ‘I am because you are’, will also include musical performances and readings. Sim.