In Montenegro, a minister was fired for denying the Srebrenica genocide

The Montenegrin parliament adopted a resolution on the 1995 Srebrenica genocide and fired Justice Minister Vladimir Leposavic, who denied it was an “unequivocally established” fact.

The adopted document prohibits the public denial of the committed crimes, Balkan Insight reports.

The resolution condemns the Srebrenica genocide, in which Bosnian Serb forces killed about 8,000 men from the Muslim community. It is noted that Montenegro, which is taking a step, is expressing its commitment to the protection of human rights as part of its European integration process.

The ruling pro-Serbian Democratic Front party voted against the resolution and boycotted parliament, which could affect the government’s stability, the statement said.

The country’s Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapic started a procedure for the removal of Vladimir Leposavic in April, which is why the Democratic Front demanded his resignation and demanded a new coalition agreement.

The Srebrenica enclave, which was declared a “security zone” by the UN Security Council in April 1993, was seized by the Bosnian Serb army in July 1995. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia found that between 7,000 and 8,000 Bosnian Muslims were killed. The investigation established that the killings were carried out by the Republika Srpska Army under the command of General Ratko Mladic.