Ten Thousand Missing People Remembered on "International Day of the Disappeared"

(Allowable Sunday Rant - see header)

On August 30th, it was "International Day of the Disappeared". It is not particularly important in the United States. If an American disappears in conflict, we all know it ASAP. And, the USA fights very hard to resolve a situation like this when it arises. I am thankful for that.

But in the former Yugoslavia, over 10,000 people are still missing from the wars in the region, over 20 years ago. Quoting from Balkan Insight:

An exhibition with the names of persons still missing from the country was displayed at the Square of Bosnia and Herzegovina in front of the state parliament and state-level ministries in Sarajevo. According to the Bosnian Missing Persons Institute, the search for 7,616 missing persons is still ongoing, with the most recent mass grave found in the village of Dobro Polje, near Kalinovik.

This demonstration is in front of the Bosnian National Legislature (like our Capital). As someone who has been there multiple times, it is soul-crushing.

In case you THINK you do not understand, those of you old enough remember this: