Serbian student protesters avoid Srebrenica genocide remembrance

Students involved in large‑scale protests against President Aleksandar Vučić have repeatedly omitted any commemoration of the Srebrenica genocide anniversary. Critics say the protest movement adopts nationalist rhetoric and seeks to topple Vučić’s government, yet it remains silent on the 1995 massacre, which many in Serbia still deny as genocide. Former professor Žarko Korać noted that the Serbian parliament adopted a resolution on Srebrenica that never took effect, while public figures such as Milo Lompar have organized events glorifying Radovan Karadžić. The articles link the silence to a broader system of historical falsification in school textbooks and public discourse, citing Vučić’s former role in the Serbian Radical Party and Interior Minister Ivica Dačić’s past in the Socialist Party as part of the wartime political structure. Historians Dragan Popović and others argue that the student movement has set an “ideological minimum” that excludes discussion of sensitive wartime topics, reinforcing a climate of denial.

The coverage underscores the continued politicisation of the Srebrenica legacy in Serbia and the challenges facing any effort to achieve official acknowledgment of the genocide.