CNA [Sarajevo | Beograd]
Centre for nonviolent action
Moving away from a focus on the enemy and honouring all victims irrespective of which side they were on is one of the missions of this project that works towards constructive dialogue by promoting a culture of nonviolence with a view to building lasting peace.
Although we hear from various sources that reconciliation is impossible and that there is no readiness for dealing with the past, the exhibition “War of Memories” organised by the Centre for Nonviolent Action (Sarajevo-Belgrade) tells a different story.
opening the Exhibition “War of Memories” in Belgrade
The final exhibition in 2016. Presentation of the photographs and publication “War of Memories” in Bosnia and Herzegovina opened in Bihać
The specific journey through the recent past, marred by war and suffering, began in Sarajevo where the exhibition “War of Memories” was first put on; continued in Mostar and then in Banja Luka where the exhibition of photographs from the project “War Monuments...
In the spirit of the mission of the Centre for Nonviolent Action Sarajevo-Belgrade, which entails building lasting peace by promoting a culture of nonviolence, dialogue and trust among people in the region of the former Yugoslavia, the project “War Monuments in Bosnia...
…We marked unmarked sites of suffering with stickers that read: “UNMARKED SITE OF SUFFERING – At this site, during the war, human beings were subjected to inhumane acts. By not letting these events be forgotten, we stand in solidarity with all victims. May it never happen again to anyone.” Western BiH, Autumn 2016.
Forty war veterans who were on warring sides in the 1990s met at the place where the war started and sent a message to the politicians to stop the renewal of another vicious circle of hatred
Joint visit of war-veterans to Daruvar, Pakrac and Lipik, Croatia 8 September 2016
29.5. – 5.6. 2016
Places of suffering and remembrance of war in Bosnia-Herzegovina
14th East-West-European Memorial Seminar, Krzyzowa/Kreisau, Poland
9 – 12 March 2016
Pakrac, 1 March 2016
eighteenth annual report on our activities in the period September 2014 – September 2015
Discussing ideas and plans for future joint actions