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(1 Feb 1996) Serbo-Croat/Nat
Thousands of Muslim women and children have staged a mass protest in the Bosnian town of Tuzla to demand the truth about their missing husbands, fathers and sons.
The demonstrators are all from Srebrenica - where thousands of Muslim men disappeared after the town was captured by Bosnian Serbs.
It's the third - and biggest protest - by the refugees this week.
Several thousand refugees from Srebrenica gathered outside the regional governmental headquarters in Tuzla on Thursday.
This is the third time this week they've taken to the streets.
The demonstrators want to know the whereabouts of family members who are still missing from the war.
They are threatening to walk all the way to Sarajevo in protest if President Izetbegovic doesn't come to Tuzla to listen to their demands.
Thousands of people - mostly men of fighting age - haven't been heard from since the Serb offensive against Srebrenica last July.
Desperate people have gathered because their families are missing and they are all alone.
SOUNDBITE: (Serbo-Croat)
I am completely alone - my son, my brothers and their sons are all missing. I am alone in the world.
SUPER CAPTION: VOXPOP, Old woman
The refugees claim the rebel Serbs are keeping thousands of Muslim men hidden in camps - despite the prisoner exchanges and releases that have occurred recently under the Dayton peace accord.
Some 30,000 refugees from Srebrenica are living in and around Tuzla.
These women and children are living in a former school building and they long to be able to go back to their homes in Srebrenica.
SOUNDBITE:
We mothers want to say that we do no need Bozuca, Ilidza or Bogosca. The only thing we want is our beloved Srebrenica.
SUPER CAPTION: Woman refugee
The women refugees are also threatening to walk to Srebrenica unless someone in authority answers their desperate pleas for information about their loved ones.

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