The round table "Gate of Tuzla - the killing of youth in 1995, an unpunished war crime"

In the organization of the Center for the Research of Modern and Contemporary History Tuzla and the Institute for the Research of Crimes Against Humanity and International Law of the University of Sarajevo.

On May 23, 2022, in the "Kapija" Memorial Center in Tuzla, a round table was held on the topic "Tuzla Gate - killing of youth in 1995 - unpunished war crime".

On the eve of the 27th anniversary of the horrific massacre that took place on May 25, 1995 in Kapija, in which 71 young people were killed, and about 140 were seriously and lightly wounded, from a scientific point of view, there was talk of non-prosecution of the persons responsible for the crime and its denial.

At the round table, it was pointed out that the suffering of the Tuzla youth deserves much greater scientific attention, which has been lacking until now, as well as witnessing the denial of the crime at the Gate, but also the non-prosecution of those responsible. Denials come from the perpetrators, the planners, from those who sponsored the event and who are doing everything to erase it from our memory. The result is not only media appearances that hurt, but also articles and even books that were purposefully and systematically produced, and supported by the highest institutions in Serbia. Not prosecuting those responsible for the crime leads to a lack of justice, and denial is touching the wounds of the victims again. It is an integral part of the systematic work of certain services, unfortunately also of some scientific institutions that want to change the past in every possible way, and we have to fight against lies and untruths.

The scale of the crime at Kapija indicates that it was one of the most morbid in the period of Great Serbian aggression against Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 to 1995.

At the round table they spoke: dr. Muamer Džananović, Ph.D. Merisa Karović – Babić, M.Sc. Mehmed Žilić, Dino Kalesić, dr. Sabina Subašić – Galijatović, prof. Ph.D. Izet Šabotić, prof. Ph.D. Sead Selimović, M.Sc. Omer Zulić and M.Sc. Jasmin Jajcevic.