Adem Huskić (born 1955,

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) is a member of the House of Representatives in

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. He is a member of the Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina led by

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. In 2009 he called for the official recognition of January 27 as Holocaust Remembrance Day and July 11 as

Srebrenica Genocide The Srebrenica massacre ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Masakr u Srebrenici, Масакр у Сребреници), also known as the Srebrenica genocide ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Genocid u Srebrenici, Геноцид у Сребрен ...

Remembrance Day. His proposal was voted down by Bosnian Serb MPs. Also together with MPs Remzija Kadrić and Ekrem Ajanović, he proposed to the BH parliament a change to the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina where Holocaust, genocide and crimes against humanity denial would be criminalized. Huskić commemorated the passing of Marek Edelman, the famous Warsaw ghetto commander and friend of Bosnia & Herzegovina On 12.02,2010, Huskic's initiative to mark 27 January as

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Remembrance Day finally passed the first stage in Parliament procedure after almost a year of resistance from Serb delegates. He is also known as the Bosnian

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for his persistence in advocating for genocide victims. Adem Huskić is a member of the Defense committee; Financial committee and the Law committee.

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External links

*Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovin

* Zasto Bosna nema rezoluciju o Srebrenici? Radio Slobodna Evrop

* BiH: Obnovljeni prijedlozi o zakonskom sankcioniranju negiranja genocida i holokausta,Elvira Jahić, Sarajevo 06-05-200

*Članovi Komisije iz RS-a protiv osude holokausta i genocida,Almir Terzic, 19.05.200

1955 births Living people Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Muslims Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina politicians {{BosniaHerzegovina-politician-stub