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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Mersiha Gadzo

Why is ‘Republika Srpska Day’ controversial in Bosnia?

Bosnian Serb police officers take part in a parade marking the 'Day of Republika Srpska', in Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina on January 9, 2022 [Elvis Barukcic/AFP]

Serbs in Bosnia’s Republika Srpska entity are marking the 31st anniversary of the entity’s founding, despite a court ban against the event, which is essentially a military parade.

Bosnia & Herzegovina’s Constitutional Court declared the January 9 “Republika Srpska Day” illegal and unconstitutional in November 2015, stating that the event is discriminatory against non-Serbs there.

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