{"id":15918,"date":"2021-06-18T09:48:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T07:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=15918"},"modified":"2021-06-18T09:49:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T07:49:57","slug":"montenegrin-minister-sacked-after-denying-srebrenica-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/montenegrin-minister-sacked-after-denying-srebrenica-genocide\/","title":{"rendered":"Montenegrin minister sacked after denying Srebrenica genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Parliament of Montenegro discharged Minister of Justice, Human Rights and Minorities, Vladimir Leposavic, for denying the Srebrenica genocide, after passing a resolution on Thursday evening prohibiting its denial.<\/p>\n<p>Forty-three lawmakers voted in favor of dismissing Leposavic, and 27 were against.<\/p>\n<p>In March, the Montenegrin justice minister standing at the parliament podium said that he is willing to admit that genocide did happen in Srebrenica only \u201cif it is proved beyond reasonable doubts\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>His remark infuriated Montenegro and drew criticism from both the EU and the US.<\/p>\n<p>The first to propose his dismissal as Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapic and was endorsed by the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) of President Milo Dukanovic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does the Resolution on Srebrenica say?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The resolution adopted by the Parliament of Montenegro prohibiting the Srebrenica genocide was voted by 55 lawmakers, while 19 were against it.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution condemns declaration, actions, and policies that deny or cast a doubt on the genocide in Srebrenica as well as proclaiming July 11 as Remembrance Day for the fallen at the massacre.<\/p>\n<p>The International Court of Justice declared in 2007 that the atrocities that took place in the Bosnian village constitute genocide.<\/p>\n<p>The Srebrenica massacre, where over 7,000 people, mainly young Muslim boys and men, is considered one of the biggest bloodbaths on European soil since World War II.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/news\/2021\/04\/06\/montenegros-premier-proposes-discharge-of-justice-minister-after-srebrenica-genocide-remarks\/\">Montenegro\u2019s premier proposes discharge of justice minister after Srebrenica genocide remarks<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/europe\/2020\/07\/08\/25-years-from-the-srebrenica-massacre-many-war-victims-remain-unidentified\/\">25 years from the Srebrenica Massacre, many war victims remain unidentified<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Parliament of Montenegro discharged Minister of Justice, Human Rights and Minorities, Vladimir Leposavic, for denying the Srebrenica genocide, after passing a resolution on Thursday evening prohibiting its denial. Forty-three lawmakers voted in favor of dismissing Leposavic, and 27 were against. In March, the Montenegrin justice minister standing at the parliament podium said that he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":15919,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[250],"tags":[150,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Montenegrin minister sacked after denying Srebrenica genocide - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/montenegrin-minister-sacked-after-denying-srebrenica-genocide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Montenegrin minister sacked after denying Srebrenica genocide - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Parliament of Montenegro discharged Minister of Justice, Human Rights and Minorities, Vladimir Leposavic, for denying the Srebrenica genocide, after passing a resolution on Thursday evening prohibiting its denial. 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