July 1992 | Voices from the Drina

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BREAKING: atrocities being committed in Bijeljina. Reports of Muslims being detained in a slaughterhouse.

🧵 I have survived hell on earth. I have survived Vilina Vlas. Hundreds of Bosniak women have not and will not survive it, so I must speak out.

Vilina Vlas is a rape camp. The women who are taken there are being tortured and killed.

I don’t know how long I was in there. Maybe a few weeks, maybe days, maybe even a month.

They tied me to a bed. Food was thrown to me and I ate from the floor, like a dog.

They used to come all the time. I didn’t know if it was day or night. At some point, I stopped counting how many men came.

Then they started cutting my body. Everywhere. There were other women in the room but we didn’t even dare to look at each other.

I have survived hell on earth. So many of my sisters will not make it out alive. But I will make sure our story is heard. The world will know that in 1992, Serb forces committed genocidal rape against Bosniak women in Vilina Vlas. #NismoTražile

My former neighbour Nurija and I are heading to a refuge shelter in the forest. It’ll be safer for us to spend the summer here.

My village of Mješaja (Foča) is under attack by Serb forces. I’m fleeing to the woods with my family. Who knew this is what 16 years old would look like…