Never again

I was in the UK in 1995, when I heard the story of a girl in Bosnia who had taken her own life. I was very touched by this story and now, as I look back, I realise nobody knew what was happening in places like Srebrenica. Nobody knew, even if we knew what was happening in Bosnia since 1992.

The wake up call came only later, as over 10,000 men were killed in the city and mass graves of unknown fathers, brothers and husbands were found.

We should never allow this to happen again anywhere: not Burma, DRC, Africa, Asia, South America or Europe. We need to stop people from ethnic cleansing. Ethnic cleansing doesn't have boundaries, culture, religion or geographical location. It can happen in Germany, Poland or Bosnia.

We need to join our hands together and acknowledge that history will always carry such scars from the wounds inflicted on the face of humanity. Ethnic cleansing is a crime against humanity- not just against one tribe or one religion.

Never again!