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We Remember! 25 Years Since the Beginning of the War in Bosnia & Herzegovina

April 6 1992 – April 6 2017

On the anniversary of the start of the war in Bosnia & Herzegovina (BiH), Women in Black, in cooperation with the Autonomous Women's Centre, Dah Theatre, the Youth Initiative for Human Rights, the Women in Black's Network of Women Against Violence, Reconstruction Women's Fund, and the Association of Anti-Fascists, collectively organized a peace action where the 25 year anniversary of the beginning of the war in BiH was remembered.
The action was organized on April 6 2017 at the Republic Square in Belgrade.

Stop racism against refugees!

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On the occasion of March 21st - International Day Against Racism, Women in Black organized a peace action "Stop racism against refugees" in Knez Mihailova Street in Belgrade, from 1pm to 2pm.

We raised the following banners in Serbian, English and Arabic:
March 21st - International Day Against Racism
Stop racism against refugees
Stop the war, not refugees
Solidarity
Brick by brick, wall by wall - to make Fortress Europe falls
Freedom for all
Solidarity with Refugees

Peace Action was attended by twenty activists. Action has media coverage and there was a police presence.

Žene u crnom: Stop rasizmu protiv izbeglica - RTS
Protest "Žena u crnom": Stop rasizmu protiv izbeglica - Blic
Stop rasizmu protiv izbeglica - Tanjug
Žene u crnom: Akcija protiv razisma - Danas
Žene u crnom: Evropa bodljikavih žica sadašnjost u kojoj se krše ljudska prava migranata - Beta

One year from the closure of the "Balkan route"

Closure of the borders: The so-called "Balkan route", which also passes through Serbia, form escalation of refugee crisis in the spring of 2015, up to March 2016, was passed by between 700,000 and 800,000 refugees. "Balkan Route" is closed at midnight on March 8th 2016, with closing of the Croatian, Hungarian, Serbian and Macedonian border for further passage of refugees. Tens of thousands of refugees were "trapped" along the route.

We remember crime in Štrpci
February 27, 2017

Women in Black, Humanitarian Law Center and Youth Initiative for Human Rights have organized a peaceful action in silence and wearing all black to commemorate the crime in Štrpci, in front of the main railway station in Belgrade on February 27, 2017 from 3:48 pm to 4:48 pm.

That was the point from which the 671 train departed on February 27, 1993 carrying 19 passengers of Bosniak nationality whom the members of the military formation Avengers, operating as a part of the Army of Republika Srpska brigade in Višegrad led by The Hague convict Milan Lukić, took out and took them to the village of Prelovo (Višegrad municipality) where they tortured them and then murdered them. Up until this day only the remains of three people have been found.

The following banners were displayed at the peaceful action:

- The 671 train of death departed from here
- The train stopped at 3:48 pm
- Abducted and murdered are
- Esad Kapetanović, Ilijaz Ličina, Fehim Bakija, Šećo Softić, Rifet Husović, Senad Đečević, Ismet Babačić, Halil Zubčević, Adem Alomerović, Muhedin Hanić, Safet Preljević, Džafer Topuzović, Rasim Ćorić, Fikret Memetović, Favzija Zeković, Nijazim Kajević, Zvezdan Zuličić, Jusuf Rastoder, Toma Buzov
- We remember crime in Štrpci (02/27/1993-02/27/2017)

During this action the pedestrians were given out flyers made as a train ticket with the information on this crime. The media were present at the action, as well as police security.
Around thirty people participated in this peaceful action.

Simbolična tišina u znak sećanja na zločin u Štrpcima - N1 info
"Pamtimo zločin u Štrpcima": Imena žrtava u Beogradu - B92
Akcija u Beogradu "Odavde je krenuo voz smrti" - Mondo
Žene u crnom, FHP i YIHR u ponedeljak obeležavaju godišnjicu zločina u Štrpcima - Blic
Simbolična tišina u znak sećanja na zločin u Štrpcima - Tanjug

We Will Never Forget the Crimes in Vukovar

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On the 25^th anniversary of the fall of Vukovar, Women in Black organized a series of events.

November 1^st 2016 we reiterated our request to the Zrenjanin and Žitište municipalities for a memorial plaque in the Stajićevo and Begejci camps (places of suffering and torture of Croatian prisoners following the fall of Vukovar). There is still no reply from the Serbian state regarding the establishment of camps and for the killing and torture of Croatian prisoner, indicating the continuity of impunity in Serbia!

November 18, 1991 – November 18, 2016

On November 18^th 2016, Women in Black will organize a peaceful action for Vukovar – the Killing of a City, at Republic Square in Belgrade, from 18:00 – 19:00. On November 19^th, activists from Women in Black will visit Vukovar to commemorate the crimes.

On the 25^th anniversary of the fall of Vukovar, we are reminding the public that on August 25^th 1991, the JNA (Yugoslavian National Army) attacked Vukovar from the air, from the ground, and from the Danube River, as part of the “hell of Vukovar” which began on September 19 th 1991. At this time, people in Belgrade threw flowers before the tanks, and escorted the First Guards of the Armoured Division of the JNA in Vukovar to their destructive spree. This was one of the most shameful events in the history of Belgrade, and is covered by a vow of silence and denial!

For the International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism, Women in Black organized a peaceful action with the Antifa choir Our Song (Naša Pesma).
The action took place next to the Monument for Hanged Antifascists, on Terazije Street.

You can’t tell who is craziest: the refugees, the police or those women, said a local shopkeeper. He made a cross over his chest, to express his sincere Serbian bewilderment.
He had just witnessed ten shabby Afghan and Syrian refugees walking past, escorted by ten Women in Black from Serbia, Italy and Spain, themselves escorted by ten policemen and a police car.
By the railway station in downtown Belgrade, the temporary citizens-from-nowhere are living their nomad existences in the rubble of the so-called Belgrade Waterfront construction project. The refugees loiter all day, hoping for something to happen, between the city bus yards and huge trash-cans full of boxed food that the aid workers supply on a regular basis.

Always Disobedient!
Still on the Streets!

25 year anniversary of Women in Black, October 7^th – 10^th, 2016

Program in pdf.
25 years, we build just peace

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We will never forget the genocide in Srebrenica

On the occasion of 21 anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica, Women in Black organized a protest, wearing black and standing in silence - We will never forget the genocide in Srebrenica, at the Republic Square in Belgrade on July 10th 2016.

At the protest following banners were raised:
- We will never forget the genocide in Srebrenica
- Responsibility
- Solidarity
- We remember
- Remembrance
On that occasion stage action "Srebrenica 8372" was performed.

WE WILL NEVER FORGET GENOCIDE IN SREBRENICA!

21st anniversary of genocide in Srebrenica
(1995-2016)

July 10th – Retrospective of documentary movies on Srebrenica, produced by the group for video activism of Women in Black, organized by the Academic Initiative Forum 10 - 4pm - 8pm - Cultural Center / Novi Pazar

July 10th – Stage action Srebrenica 8372 - 7.30pm – 8.30pm – Republic Square/Belgrade standing in black clothes and silence

July 11th – Solidarity and responsibility - going to the commemoration / funeral in Potocari / Srebrenica

Join us!

All for peace, health and knowledge, nothing for arms
Leskovac, May 24^th 2016

On the occasion of May 24th - the International Day of Women's Actions for Peace and Disarmament, Women for Peace Leskovac and Women in Black Belgrade, with the support of Women in Black Network from Vlasotince, Nis, Pirot, Krusevac, organized feminist anti-militarist march called All for Peace, health and knowledge, nothing for arms.

We remember - 24 years since the beginning of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina

On April 6, 2016., Women in Black organized a peace action in silence and wearing all black in Knez Mihailova Street, to commemorate the anniversary of the beginning of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Another cause for organizing the action was the unjust verdict of Vojislav Šešelj by The Hague Tribunal.

The following banners were displayed at the protest:

We remember
Srebrenica - genocide against Bosniaks
Sarajevo - siege of the city, shelling and killings of civilians
Visegrad - killings and expulsions of Bosniaks
Foca - killings and expulsions of Bosniaks
Brcko - killings and expulsions of Bosniaks and Croats
Bijeljina - killings and expulsions of Bosniaks and Croats
Ahmici - killings and expulsions of Bosniaks
Celebici - concentration camp for Serbs
Prijedor - killings and expulsions of Bosniaks and Croats
Zvornik - killings and expulsions of Bosniaks
Mostar - killings and expulsions of Bosniaks and Serbs
Omarska – concentration camp for Bosniaks and Croats
Keraterm – concentration camp for Bosniaks and Croats
Manjača – concentration camp for Bosniaks and Croats
Luka – concentration camp for Bosniaks and Croats
Sušica – concentration camp for Bosniaks
Dretelj – concentration camp for Bosniaks
Responsibility
Award for crime - humiliation for victims
Verdict of Vojislav Šešelj by The Hague Tribunal
(in Serbian and English)

During the protest the following was written down with salt on the sidewalk:
We remember (04/06/1992-04/06/2016)

The protest went peacefully, without incidents, with a smaller number of police officers and a bigger number of media present.

There were around thirty female and male activists at the protest: Women in Black, Youth Initiative for Human Rights, Antifascist Alliance of Serbia, Autonomous Women Center.

Presuda Šešelju je nagrada za zločin
Kako se Beograd seća početka opsade Sarajeva
Haške presude klice novih tenzija

"Refugees are welcome"

Solidarity is our force!

On December 10, the International Day of Human Rights, Women in Black organized an action of solidarity with war refugees from Middle East.

The action was organized in Knez Mihailova Street in Belgrade from 12 to 1 pm.

November 9^th
International Day against Fascism and Antisemitism

Regarding this important international day, Women in Black are organizing the following activities:

Antifascist solidary visit to Pantić family's Memorial room, Vranic village near Belgrade - During the Second World War, in the night between 20th and 21st of December, 1943, Fascist Chetnik troops killed 68 residents of Vranic village, mostly members of the Pantic family. With this visit we express our deepest compassion with the families of innocent victims of fascist massacre and we foster a culture of memory. At the same time, we express the strongest protest against rehabilitation of Chetnik war criminals and quisling forces from the Second World War. The policy of rehabilitation and history revisionism denies the antifascist legacy and widens an already big space for ultra-rightist forces (neo-Nazi, antisemitic, xenophobic, clerofascist) on the state and societal level. We will continue to demand for legal sanctioning of these tendencies and movements and preserve the antifascist legacy and values.

Solidary visit to refugee reception center in Presevo – we express the most open protest against racist, fascist, xenophobic outbursts, and especially against physical attacks against the war refugees in Europe. This visit is another act of ours to warmly welcome the refugees from Middle East. Women, children and men are victims of war, persecutions, geostrategic colonial interests. With this solidary support, we continue our activities of offering modest humanitarian help, but most of all our friendship, care and attention to war refugees.

We organize the above mentioned actions with the support of:

Antifascist Association of Serbia,
Reconstruction Women's Fund from Belgrade,
activists of Women in Black Network of Serbia.

Crime in Topcider - We remember!

Belgrade, October 5, 2015

On October 5, 2015 we went to the eleventh anniversary of the crime on Topcider, where two guardists, Dragan Jakovljevic and Drazen Milovanovic, were killed in the military barrack "Karas" in 2004. There were around ten of us from ŽUC. We arrived at the scene of the crime at about 8.30 am. There we were greeted by the family members of the victims. Across the street we also saw journalists and cameramen.

SOLIDARITY FOREVER

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