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Yugoslavia in the 20th century underwent great political turmoil, unrest, war, and ethnic conflicts. Throughout the existence of this unstable nation, soccer was the most popular sport with the most devout supporters. The sport and its various teams held strong ties to the political structure of Yugoslavia, being run and controlled often by government institutions. It is for this reason that soccer in Yugoslavia can serve as a political barometer to understand the underlying concerns, ideologies

The Yugoslavian Conflict Yugoslavia is a country burdened by feuding sides in a war that cannot soon be resolved. The United Nations are attempting to help the situation, but until the people of Yugoslavia can come to an agreement continued warfare and heartache is inevitable. The problems in Yugoslavia began because the country is separated into two distinct parts. The north and west parts of the country were once under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the south and the east were

The Yugoslavian Conflict Yugoslavia is a country burdened by feuding sides in a war that cannot soon be resolved. The United Nations are attempting to help the situation, but until the people of Yugoslavia can come to an agreement continued warfare and heartache is inevitable. The problems in Yugoslavia began because the country is separated into two distinct parts. The north and west parts of the country were once under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the south and the

The authors of The Bridge Betrayed and The Buddhas of Bamiyan both identify a different form of cultural eradication that occurred in within the past twenty-five years. In Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Serbs and Croats wanted to destroy the Bosnian Muslim symbols, culture, and population. In Afghanistan, the Taliban destroyed the Buddhas of Bamiyan, and in turn, changed the identity of Bamiyan forever. The practice of cultural eradication is not limited to these two cases. Cultural eradication has taken

rights violations such as the violations that took place at the Omarska camp. The groups involved in ethnic cleansing were the Muslims and Croats. By using transitional justice interventions this can heal wounds of those who have been affected by human rights violations, these human rights violations have affected the victims or a country. These Muslims and Croats was being starved to death, tortured, killed and some women were raped by the Serbs.

spread worldwide that Serbs killed 8,000 males in Srebrenica(“Genocide and” 34). This is when the rest of the world, especially developed countries, saw the need to help these innocent people in Bosnia.The United Nations tried to help the Bosniaks and Croats who were in severe need of a rescue but only sent 400 soldiers. The city of Srebrenica had so much violence in it that it was too spread out for the UN soldiers to make an impact. This resulted in these soldiers getting criticized around the world

The Bosnian Genocide began in April of 1992 and ended in 1995. It was a war between the Bosnian Muslims, the Croats, which are Catholics, and the Serbs, which are Orthodox Christians. It occurred in Bosnia-Herzegovina where the population was about 3.8 million. The Bosniaks made up 44 percent of the population, the Serbs 31 percent, and the Croats 17 percent. The country is only about the size of West Virginia. The Bosniaks were treated unfairly and inhumanely during this span of three years. It

both were started due to past hatreds between the two conflicting factions. The Rwandan Genocide was ignited due to hatred of Tutsi by the Hutu when the former were still in power. The Bosnian Genocide due to long-lasting hatred between the Serbs and Croats. When Rwanda was first colonized Tutsi were considered to be above the Hutu, but the balance of power was shifted between the two groups when Belgium abandoned the state due to revolution. When the Tutsi were in power, the Hutu were always treated

wars that occurred was the Bosnia War from April 6th, 1992 to December 14th, 1995. Muslims, Serbs and Croats are the three main groups who populated Bosnia-Herzegovina. After Slovenia and Croatia declaring their independence, they began claiming territory in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Generally, the Croats wanted a more decentralized government while the Serbs wanted a predominantly Serbian, central government. Soon Serbian nationalists were heading the Communist Party, and Slobodan Milošević came to power. He then “instituted severe measures to support