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Svilile

Coordinates: 44°13′N 19°07′E / 44.217°N 19.117°E / 44.217; 19.117
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Svilile
Свилиле
Village
CountryBosnia and Herzegovina
EntityRepublika Srpska
MunicipalityBratunac
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Svilile (Serbian Cyrillic: Свилиле) is a village in the municipality of Bratunac, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is approximately 1.2 km northeast of Nova Kasaba.

History

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During the Bosnian War of the 1990s, Svilile, along with all of the Drina Valley, was ethnically cleansed of its Bosnian Muslim population by the Serb-controlled Army of Republika Srpska.[1] The methods of ethnic cleansing included rape, torture, mass murder and forced evacuations.[2] Between 30 June and 2 July 1998, the State Commission on Missing Persons exhumed the remains of 26 Bosnian Muslims in Svilile.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA: Srebrenica Investigation" (PDF). Stroga. 16 May 2000. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  2. ^ "22 October 2014 transcripts of the trial of Serbian war criminal Ratko Mladić". ICTY transcripts. 22 October 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Forensic Monitoring Project Report: Svilile Exhumations State Commission on Missing Persons". OSA ARCHIVUM. Retrieved 9 April 2015.

44°13′N 19°07′E / 44.217°N 19.117°E / 44.217; 19.117