9/14 After having openly denied the Srebrenica Genocide at the Brdo-Brijuni Summit, Croatia’s Pres Milanovic spent 3hrs in the private residence of Bosnian Serb secessionist Dodik y’day, just as the U.S. accused Dodik of being directly on the Russian payroll./
It’s the anniversary of the Uzdol massacre, the 2nd of 2 massacres (the 1st in Grabovica) perpetrated by members of the Bosnian Army vs. Bosnian Croat civilians in Sept 93 during the ARBiH-HVO conflict. 62 civilians were killed in the 2 attacks; atrocities to remember & condemn.
7/28future 🇧🇦 elxns/constitutional reform initiatives must: reflect all ECHR/BiH Const Crt decisions; occur exclusively w/in 🇧🇦 state institutions; involve all parliamentary actors; bring 🇧🇦 closer to Euro-Atlantic democratic standards; be certified via a 🇧🇦-wide referendum./
7/25 The nxt two days may be the most consequential in Bosnia's post-war history. I've written extensively about what I've called the @OHR_BiH's blood quantum elxn law but I want to really spell it out for a non-specialist audience; what's going & why it's so dangerous. [LONG 🧵!]
7/25 Tomorrow’s protest in Sarajevo against the @OHR_BiH’s imposition of a blood quantum elxn law, organized by Romani community leader Dervo Sejdić & the multiethnic SPD & DF et al, has been moved to 19:00 CET, to facilitate greater turnout. Hajmo ljudi.
7/23 Just had a lengthy talk w/ senior Quint official from an EU capital. They’re categorically opposed to @OHR_BiH’s impending elxn law & won’t budge. They’ve warned Schmidt he’s risking fracturing the Atlantic consensus on BiH at a time when a united front vs. Russia is imperative./
7/21 /After several months of significant, security-focused progress in Bosnia in dealing w/ the HDZ's secessionist partners in the SNSD, the @OHR_BiH is on the cusp of fomenting an, arguably, even more existential political crisis - while Ukraine still burns. Astounding lack of sense./