Srebrenica relatives pleased with Dutch verdict, but not satisfied

Srebrenica relatives pleased with Dutch verdict, but not satisfied

Some believe that the verdict is the first step in exposing the truth about what happened in Srebrenica in 1995.

Families of victims of the 1995 Srebrenica's massacre said they are only partly satisfied with last week's Dutch county court verdict, which ruled that the Dutch government was liable for 300 deaths in Europe's worst ethnically motivated mass murder since World War II.

The court ruled on July 16th that the Dutch battalion (sometimes referred to as Dutchbat) peacekeeping team shared in the responsibility for the deaths of the 300 men and boys and ''should have taken into account the possibility that these men would be the victim of genocide…Had the Dutchbat allowed them to stay at the compound, these men would have remained alive.''

Edin Mustafic was only 5 years old when he saw his father and all the male members of his family for the last time.

"My mother, sister and I stayed in the Dutch bases area, and those outside it. Now, their bones are somewhere ... and we are still looking for them. This verdict practically showed that no one is responsible for their death. It's huge legal precedent, but I hope reality -- that the Netherlands is responsible for these victims -- will be proven. I am convinced in this because I grew up without any male member in family and my children do not have a grandfather, uncle, cousins," Mustafic told SETimes.

Senka Dagic from Srebrenica thinks that this is a first step which will show the truth of what happened in Srebrenica in 1995.

"The victims are all the same no matter which side of security zones they were on. The Dutch were able to resist and help all of them if they wanted to. They...