JULY 1ST EDITION 2020 Yorkshire & Lancashire British comedy TV star Hardeep Singh Kohli accused of sexual harassment Emerging accusations of even degrading rape jokes. endemic sexual harassment Funnyman, chef, and and a 'culture of abuse' presenter Hardeep Singh within Britain's comedy Kohli, 51, is in the accusations circuit is under the spotlight. pool along with other male Amid accusations from celebs, with women claiming several women are stories of Kohli has made advances. unwanted advances, inappropriate touching, and Continued on pages 12 & 13 Not TV star Hardeep Singh Kohli accused of sexual harassment so (Picture: Twitter) funny… 2 Local www.asianexpress.co.uk July 2020 - 1st Edition CONTACT US: Tel : 0113 322 9911 08703 608 606 The genocide Email : [email protected] Stories: [email protected] [email protected] Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Text to mobile : 07772 365 325 in Srebrenica Follow us on On 11tth July 1995, Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladić and his forces seized the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica, which had been declared a Asian Express is available as a FREE WEEKLY UN “safe zone” in 1993. Over the following week, pick-up from selected supermarkets, retail outlets, community centres, boutiques, 8,372 Bosnian Muslim men and boys would be restaurants and many other distribution outlets across the Yorkshire region. murdered simply because they were Muslim. So pick-up your FREE copy Mladić’s forces systematically separated men and of Asian Express TODAY! boys (as young as 12 years old) from the women ©Media Buzz. All contents are Copyright. All Rights are reserved. No part of this publication may be stored in any and took them away to be killed. retrieval system or transmitted electronically in any form without prior written permission of the Publishers. Whilst every effort is made to ensure accuracy, no responsibility can be accepted for inaccuracies howsoever caused. Contributed material does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Publishers. The editorial policy and general layout of this publication are at the discretion of the Women and girls were subjected to inhumane publisher and no debate will be entered into. No responsibility can be accepted for illustrations, articles or photographs whilst in transmission with the Publishers or treatment, and in many cases, sexual violence. their Agent unless a commitment is made in writing prior to receipt of such items. Rape was used to destabilise and terrorise the Published by Media Buzz local population throughout the 1992 – 1995 genocide. It is estimated that between 20,000 – 50,000 women were subjected to sexual violence in Bosnia during the genocide. Rajput Remembering JEWELLERS Virtual Exhibition launched to mark 25th anniversary of Bosnian Genocide Fifty years after the world said year campaign of forced cancelled due to coronavirus. “Never Again” to the horrors of the deportation, torture, mass murder Remembering Srebrenica Holocaust, genocide took place on and systematic sexual violence by operations manager Arnesa European soil. Bosnian Serb forces in service of Buljušmi-Kustura, along with Amra The name Srebrenica has become their goal to create a “Greater Mujkanovic, has curated the synonymous with those dark days in Serbia”. Some Bosnian Serb Remnants of Genocide exhibition July 1995 when, in the first ever historians and politicians continue which has more than 45 stories, United Nations declared safe area, to deny that genocide and ethnic paintings, photographs and items thousands of men and boys were cleansing took place. relating to the war, genocide and its systematically murdered and buried Now the first ever virtual art aftermath. in mass graves. exhibition using the testimony and She said: “We wanted the tell the The victims, predominantly artifacts from Bosnian Genocide story of the Bosnian Genocide Specialists In Asian Jewellery, Muslim, were selected for death on survivors has being unveiled as part using survivors experiences the basis of their identity. This was of the 25th anniversary creatively instead of forcing them to Wedding & Occasional Jewellery, the worst atrocity on European soil commemorations. unload their trauma in a distressing since the Second World War. Bosnians and Herzegovinian’s way. Bespoke Designs Made To Order, Although Srebrenica is the only across the world submitted their “25 years ago the worst atrocity mass killing in Balkan wars that has stories, pictures and personal items on European soil since World War Full Jewellery Repair Service, been officially ruled as genocide by to create a unique virtual exhibition Two occurred and it happened in the international courts, this atrocity called Remnants of Genocide our life time but there is a shocking Scrap, Unwanted Gold Purchased was only the final act in a much created by UK charity lack of discussion about the broader genocidal strategy - Remembering Srebrenica. genocide. euphemistically dubbed “ethnic The exhibition is one of the “This exhibition has first hand 212 Roundhay Rd, Leeds, LS8 5AA cleansing”. highlights of Srebrenica Memorial testimony which shows the horror The Srebrenica genocide was the Week, July 5th – July 12th, which of genocide but more importantly Tel: 0113 249 9722 planned, systematic, and the charity had to radically alter the stories are personalised, they industrialised conclusion of a four after more than 2,000 events were show these victims were humans July 2020 - 1st Edition www.asianexpress.co.uk Local 3 Srebrenica Remnants of Genocide exhibition curator Arnesa Buljušmić-Kustura world.” Items in the exhibition include poetry, paintings, stories and a teddy bear which helped give a child experiencing trauma a small shard of normality during the war. The exhibition also includes paintings by internationally renowned artists Robert McNeil with lives ahead of them, with hopes rewarding.” and Iain Campbell who have and dreams and were not just She added: “We had submissions worked closely with Remembering numbers and statistics of people from across the world including the Srebrenica for several years. killed.” United States, Bosnia and The vast array and variety of She added: “This is the first time Herzegovina, the UK, Austria and personal stories will help ensure the a virtual exhibition has been done even the United Arab Emirates and tragedies in Srebrenica, Sarajevo, with genocide survivors but it has there were so many we could not Mostar, Prijedor, Foca, Visegrad and been a healing process through art. include them all. elsewhere in Bosnia will never be “The most difficult part has been “However, the beauty of this forgotten. reading really traumatic experiences being a virtual is we can add more The Srebrenica Virtual and coming to terms with the horror items and stories as the years go by, Exhibition was unveiled online which happened in our lifetime, it will be a permanent exhibition at 2pm on Monday, 6th July at however, allowing survivors the which will also act as a learning www.srebrenica.org.uk/srebrenica platform to share has been very resource for people across the exhibition. 4 Local www.asianexpress.co.uk July 2020 - 1st Edition A highlighted map, produced by Public Health England (PHE), shows for the number of cases per 100,000 population, Bradford, Rochdale, Barnsley are added hotspots for Bradford & Rochdale Covid-19 cases. Sources say they are “working collaboratively”, focusing on the dozens of areas in England where coronavirus cases are rising. According to national news outlets, further local lockdowns like Leicester are “just days on Covid-19 “back in away” following the drawing up of a list of “at- risk” twins and cities. As a result, local lockdowns like the one in Leicester could be implemented in “just days”. It is believed that the City of Bradford, lockdown” watchlist Wakefield, Rochdale and boroughs in London, including Brent and Harrow, could be the next to lockdown after sources confirmed there were an increased number of COVID-19 cases over the last week. A new snapshot for the week ending 28th June is due to be published on Thursday 2nd July, as part of Public Health England’s weekly coronavirus surveillance report. There are concerns that local lockdowns may be brought on because of high numbers of Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people in those communities. The latest PHE snapshot shows four areas in the top category of 45 or more cases per 100,000 population – Barnsley – Leicester – Bradford – Rochdale There are six areas in the next category (30 to 44.9 cases per 100,000 population) – Bedford – Oldham – Blackburn – Rotherham with Darwen – Tameside – Kirklees BAME people have been disproportionately hit during the pandemic. Some of the factors include multi-generational and overcrowded housing and the fact that many key workers are from the BAME community. Leicester, Brent and Harrow all have high numbers of overcrowded homes, predominantly of people from a south Asian heritage. Outside of London, Leicester has some of the highest rates of overcrowded housing in the country. There are also a high number of ethnic minority key workers in the city. It is estimated around a quarter of the BAME population has been working throughout this pandemic in jobs such as taxi and bus drivers, security guards and in the healthcare sector. Now questions are being raised over why the recommendations from the Public Health England review looking into disparities within ethnicity from COVID-19, which was given to the government at the end of May, have