There are few who have not heard of Adel Sabanovic from Srebrenica.
During the war, Adel survived all possible Golgothas, he was a witness to the rape of a large number of Bosniak women, and he also witnessed massacres, after which criminals forced him to wash bloody knives.
Good people
Unfortunately, Adel still lives in difficult conditions today. Until recently, he had only 103 BAM monthly income from the state, and now, after the increase, he receives 109 BAM!
He survives, as he said, thanks to good people. His greatest wish is that the surviving victims of war and witnesses of genocide be institutionally protected.
”What hurts me the most are the crimes that I also survived, which are not mentioned in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), but should be mentioned, that is as important as income. I have from the state what I have from my income, but thank God for good people who help. As a civilian victim of the war, I received 103 BAM. Now that amount has been increased to 109 BAM,” notedSabanovic.
He emphasizes that the state should do something about denying the genocide because it means rubbing salt into the wounds of the survivors.
”The distortion of the truth and the denial of genocide must be stopped,” emphasizes Sabanovic.
No protection
He recalled the case of the persecution of Hafiz Amir Mahicfrom Kozarac and believes that such a thing should not happen.
”In addition, a case is opened against Muharem ef. Stulanovic, and then it’s our turn, the victims who survived the genocide. Even today, we experience injustice and rubbing salt into the wounds. We too will come to a situation where we will be judged because we talk about genocide and because we survived. Where is the protection by all institutions of the state of BiH? It doesn’t exist,” concludes Sabanovic.
Lost 22 family members
To recall, Adel Sabanovic was only eight years old when Serbian paramilitary formations invaded Vlasenica and began to persecute, capture and kill Bosniaks. He escaped with his family to Srebrenica, where he survived the genocide in 1995. He lost 22 family members.
