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White Ribbon Day (Bosnian: Dan bijelih traka) is an annual commemoration held on 31 May to remember the massacres carried out in 1992 by Serb forces against non-Serb civilians in the town of Prijedor and its surroundings in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. Background and History At the outset of the Bosnian War, Serb forces seized the town of Prijedor in April 1992. On 31 May 1992, local radio broadcasts issued by Bosnian Serb authorities mandated that all non-Serb citizens must hang white flags