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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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Syrian Migrant Situation Reminds Activists Of Croatian War Refugees

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.

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Solidarity forever

Solidary visit to war refugees - August 29^th 2016.

Harassment and attacks on refugees in a park near the Faculty of Economics by the Police and officials of the Commissariat for Refugees of Serbia - August 13^th and 14^th 2016

Solidary visit to war refugees at the border crossing Kelebija - August 4^th 2016

Peace and hope march, Hunger strike of refugees in Horgos - July 26^th and 27^th 2016

Solidary visit to war refugees in Belgrade Parks - July 26^th 2016

Solidary visit to war refugees in Belgrade Parks - July 21^st 2016

Solidary visit to war refugees in Belgrade Parks - July 15^th 2016

Visits refugees from the Middle East in Subotica and at border crossings with Hungary - June 26^th 2016.

Solidary visit to war refugees in the park next to the Central Bus Station - June 14^th 2016.

Visits war refugees from the Middle East - Report from the park - April 26^th 2016.

Visits war refugees from the Middle East - Report from the park - April 21^st 2016.

Visits war refugees from the Middle East - Report from the park - April 5^th 2016.

Visits war refugees from the Middle East in Adasevci - March 28^th, 2016

Visits war refugees from the Middle East in Adasevci - March 25^th, 2016

Visits war refugees from the Middle East in Presevo and Dimitrovgrad - 15-16.01.2016.

Visits war refugees from the Middle East in Sid - 30.12.2015

Visiting Reception Center for war refugees in Presevo - 21.12.2015

Visiting Reception Center for war refugees in Presevo - 27.11.2015

Visit to refugees in Presevo - 9.11.2015

Visit to refugees in Presevo

Visit to refugees from the Middle East at the border crossing Berkasovo-Bapska at Sid

On the occasion of the International Day against Poverty and the European Day Against Human Trafficking

"Give peace a chance" - Solidarity action with refugees from Middle East on October 9th, 2015

Direct action - solidarity aid to refudees from Middle East

Doors of apartheid - Diary from the border crossing Serbia - Hungary

FIELD REPORT

Solidarity forever - peace action and visit to refugees

Border crossing Horgosz 2- 17. September 2015

PRELIMINARNY DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

WOMEN’S COURT: FEMINIST JUSTICE
Sarajevo
9 May 2015

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Announcement of the action "11th July - the Day of Commemoration of the Srebrenica genocide - Proclaim!"

Within the multi-year campaign "11th July - the Day of Commemoration of the Srebrenica genocide - Proclaim! "on Friday the 10th of July we organize two peace actions in Belgrade:

12:00 to 12:30, in front of the Presidency of Serbia - stage action "When Serbia looks in the mirror it will see Srebrenica! - 20 years - 20 mirrors!"

12:30 to 13:00 - in front of the Presidency of Serbia - public reading of the letter to the President of the Republic "11th July - the Day of Commemoration of the Srebrenica genocide - Proclaim!"
Standing in black and in silence.

19:30 to 20:30, Republic Square, Belgrade: "We remember - 20 years since the genocide in Srebrenica" - stage action consisting of several segments: Memorial Centre Potocari/Srebrenica in Belgrade; Women of Srebrenica speak (the documentary); They left their mark on us; Crossing the line and raising a symbolic memorial of Srebrenica, etc.
Standing in black and in silence.

July 11th in the framework of peace action "Solidarity and responsibility" we will go to the memorial/funeral in Potocari/Srebrenica.

We invite you to join us!

Women in Black
Belgrade, 9 July 2015.

Peace cycling - Belgrade - Srebrenica 2015

Women in Black from Belgrade will again organize this year a peace bicycle ride from Belgrade to Srebrenica in 2015, in memory of the victims of genocide in Srebrenica.

The campaign is organized in the name of solidarity with the survivors of the Srebrenica genocide. We remind the citizens of the city through which we pass, as well as the whole Serbia, of the responsibility and the role of the state of Serbia in war crimes during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, especially in the Srebrenica genocide.

Peace cycling Belgrade - Srebrenica 2015 - the action takes place through a series of activities:

Promotion campaign - public debates, documentary film about Srebrenica will be held in the following cities: Novi Sad (June 22th), Zrenjanin (25th June) Kragujevac (June 29th) and Belgrade (1th July). Organizing public discussions unfortunately is accompanied by numerous problems - failure and preventing in the public cultural institutions, indicating a widespread culture of denial of genocide in Srebrenica. Thanks to the solidarity of alternative institutions of culture we managed to organize a public forum.

Peace cycling Belgrade - Srebrenica 2015 has an international character, and participants from Serbia and abroad together in promoting a culture of memory, peace and non-violence. In this action 45 participating activists from the following countries: Belarus, Italy, Hungary, USA, Ukraine, Great Britain and Serbia will participate, as well as diplomatic representatives of the United States.

Peace cycling Belgrade - Srebrenica 2015 - the ride lasts three days, participants are moving on the route Belgrade-Obrenovac-Sabac-Loznica-Mali Zvornik, Bratunac-Potocari near Srebrenica; route is about 220km.

Within these actions, we organize the following activities:

July 7 th- 19:00 -20: 00 - The Srebrenica street - (Kosancicev venac), Belgrade: stage action - raising symbolic memorial "Srebrenica - a stumbling stone for Serbia!"

July 8th - 9:00 ahead of KC Grad (Savamala) - Belgrade - the start of 'Peace cycling - Belgrade- Srebrenica 2015 "continues the journey route Belgrade -Obrenovac- Sabac.

July 8th- 18.00 - 19:00 - Sabac main square: Peace action "We remember - 20 years since the genocide in Srebrenica," participating cyclists/activist of Women in Black, an international network of Women in Black from Belgium, Italy, Spain, as representatives of international institutions, diplomatic missions in Serbia.

July 9th - Loznica - cyclists/activists continue their way from Sabac to Loznica, where on the main square from 18:00 to 19:00 will be held peace action which will host both cyclists and Women in Black, an international activists, etc.

July 10th - in the morning cyclist/activists will continue their way of Loznica through Mali Zvornik, Bratunac. In the evening arriving in Potocari, where they will be at the center of the Memorial to the victims of the Srebrenica genocide and they will meet with the participants of the peace march and the women of Srebrenica. Participants will be accommodated in the houses of women of Srebrenica - it is an act of mutual support, solidarity, friendship.

July 11th, Potocari - Participation at the memorial/funeral in the Memorial Centre, where on the same day activists of Women in Black from Serbia and many other European countries and the United States will arrive.

Peace cycling Belgrade - Srebrenica 2015 - is an act of compassion, solidarity and responsibility towards the victims of the Srebrenica genocide, convinced that this is the only way of building peace, good neighborly relations and confidence in the region.

Women in Black
Belgrade, July 7th, 2015.

The map of events from 6th-11th July 2015

In comemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica, Women in Black are sharing with you the map of events in the period from 6th to 11th July 2015.

July 6th - 14: 00-14: 30 - Republic Square, Belgrad, Srebrenica walks through world ... "Srebrenica - not to be forgotten and never, anywhere to happen again," peace action in support of the global campaign "Srebrenica walks through the world".

July 7 th- 19:00 - 20: 00 - The Srebrenica street street (Kosancicev venac), Belgrade: stage action - raising symbolic memorial "Srebrenica - a stumbling block for Serbia!"

July 8th - 9:00 ahead of KC Grad (Savamala) Belgrade - the start of 'Peace cycling - Belgrade- Srebrenica 2015 "continues the journey route Belgrade - Obrenovac - Sabac

July 8th - 18.00 - 19:00 - Sabac main square: Peace action "We remember - 20 years since the genocide in Srebrenica," participating cyclists/activist of Women in Black, an international network of Women in Black from Belgium, Italy, Spain, as representatives of international institutions, diplomatic missions in Serbia.

July 9th - Loznica - cyclists/activists continue their way from Sabac to Loznica, where on the main square from 18:00 to 19:00 will be held a peace action which will host both cyclists and Women in Black, international activists, etc.

July 10 - in the morning cyclist/activists will continue their way of Loznica through Mali Zvornik, Bratunac. In the evening arriving in Potocari, where they will be at the center of the Memorial to the victims of the Srebrenica genocide and they will meet with the participants of the peace march and the women of Srebrenica.

July 10th - 12:00 to 12:30, in front of the Presidency of Serbia, Belgrade - "Look at yourself Serbia! 20 years - 20 mirrors, peace action", "20 year since the genocide in Srebrenica - We remember!"

July 10th - 12:30 to 13:00 - in front of the Presidency of Serbia, Belgrade: A public reading of the proclamation "11th July - the Day of Commemoration of the Srebrenica genocide – Proclaim!” Followed by vigil.

July 10th - 19:30 - 20:30, Republic Square, Belgrade - "We remember - 20 years since the genocide in Srebrenica" stage action consisting of several segments: Memorial Centre Potocari /Srebrenica in Belgrade; Women of Srebrenica speak (the documentary); They left their mark on us; Crossing the line and raising a symbolic memorial of Srebrenica, etc.

July 11th - Solidarity and responsibilities - Going to the memorial/funeral in Potocari/Srebrenica.

We will keep you informed about all these activities on a daily basis. Join us!

In solidarity, friendly,
July 6th, 2015

Srebrenica - kamen spoticanja za Srbiju!

"How to set up a new house
when previously we haven't cleaned the basement
under the ruins of an old house?"
Bertold Brecht, the antifascists writer

In commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica, Women in Black will organize action scene - raising the symbolic memorial "Srebrenica - a stumbling stone for Serbia!" On Tuesday, July 7 at 19:00 am in Srebrenica Street (Kosancicev Venac) in Belgrade.

The practice of raising a memorial, primarily in Germany, called a "stumbling block" is an act of remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust. Just as Auschwitz is the paradigm of the Nazi crimes and the Holocaust, so has Srebrenica also become a paradigm for the Serbian crimes, the largest in Europe after World War II.

Performing symbolic action to raise the memorial "Srebrenica - a stumbling block for Serbia!" We want to point out the fact that Serbia, as both a state and a society refuses to face the truth about the crimes of the past, of which the Srebrenica genocide is the largest.

They should not close their eyes to the heavy burden of crimes, primarily before the genocide. All along denying the genocide, it continues it, only by different means. Dealing with genocide can contribute to a culture of compassion, solidarity and responsibility.

The persistent demands of Women in Black - Belgrade to build a permanent memorial dedicated to the victims of the Srebrenica genocide and thereby make a significant symbolic step towards accepting the truth about the crimes, and for the society to restore its reputation and self-esteem have been rejected.

Unlike the dominant denial and oblivion criminal past, this symbolic memorial to the victims of the Srebrenica genocide represents:

- The act of paying tribute to the victims of genocide, and their memory;
- Non-violent act of resistance of denial of genocide - the acceptance of the fact that in our name innocent people were killed and call that pain becomes part of the collective memory;
- The act of taking responsibility and call to society for a thorough review of its own responsibilities.

Our action is primarily an expression of respect for the victims. At the same time, it is also a contribution distance the society in Serbia from the committed genocide - shaping a different future promoting a different value and moral order, peace and good neighborly relations.

Women in Black, Belgrade
MMC LED Art/Art Clinic, Novi Sad
June 5th, 2015.

The Twentieth Annivesary of the Genocide in Srebrenica

Open Letter to the President of
the Republic of Serbia Tomislav Nikolic,
the Government of the Republic of Serbia
and
the National Parliament of the Republic of Serbia

The action "July 11th Remembrance Day of the Genocide in Srebrenica – Declare"
Park in front of the Presidency of Serbia
Thursday, June 11^th from 12:00 to 13:00

- Submission of an open letter to the president of the Government of the Republic of Serbia and to the National Parliament of the Republic of Serbia "July 11^th Remembrance Day of the Genocide in Srebrenica - Declare!" takes place from 10:00 to 11:30. This initiative is undertaken by the Women in Black, the Center for Cultural Decontamination, the Humanitarian Law Center, the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, the Youth Initiative for Human Rights, the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, the Alliance of Antifascists of Serbia;
- There will be a protest in black and in silence by activists who undertake the initiative, as well as by activists of other NGOs, in the park in front of the Presidency of Serbia starting at 12:00.
- Look at yourself, Serbia! 20 years - 20 mirrors - a stage action which is being organized by the Women in Black, Dah theater, the Autonomous Women's Center and the Reconstruction - Women's Fund;
- Public reading of the open letter "July 11^th Remembrance Day of the Genocide in Srebrenica - Declare!" is part of this protest.
- The open letter will be delivered to the president of the Republic of Serbia (at the mail desk).

We demand that July 11^th 1995, when the largest genocide in Europe was committed since the 2nd World War, be declared as the Remembrance Day of the Genocide in Srebrenica. Armed formations of Republika Srpska with Ratko Mladic, indicted by the Hague Tribunal, as their chief and with the support of Slobodan Milosevic's regime killed 8372 persons of Bosnian nationality. Public recognition and accepting the facts about the genocide in Srebrenica is our duty to the victims and survivors of the genocide.

Indifference to the suffering of the victims of the genocide in Srebrenica represents not only denial of their, but also of our dignity.

WE WILL NEVER FORGET THE GENOCIDE IN SREBRENICA!

Belgrade, June 11^th 2015

Plan of Events June-July 2015

Twenty Years since the Genocide in Srebrenica

Women's Court: feminist approach to justice

The first women's court in the territory of Europe, was held in Sarajevo from 07 to 10 May 2015, and it was organized by 10 women's groups from the former Yugoslavia Mothers of Srebrenica and Zepa, CURE Foundation, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Center for Women War Victims, Centre for Women's Studies Zagreb, Croatia, Center for Women and Peace Education Anima, Kotor, Montenegro, Council for Gender Equality Skopje, Macedonia, the Women's Lobby Ljubljana, Slovenia, Center for Women's Studies and Women in Black, Belgrade, Serbia).

During the five years, Women in black were carriers and main holders of program activities of the Women's Court.

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REGISTRATION FORM

Women's Court: Feminist approach to justice
07-10 May 2015, Sarajevo, Bosnian Cultural Centre

Please fill in required fields in order to register for the above mentioned Conference

Serbia - a country of impunity for the assaults against women defenders of peace and human rights

On 28^th March 2014 it will be exactly one year since Yukom (the legal representative of Women in Black) filed criminal charges against Radomir Pocuca, the then spokesperson of the Anti-terrorist Unit of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Serbia, because of the criminal offence Security threats, precisely because of his call for violence through the social network Facebook, aimed against activists of the organization Women in Black.

Ever since that day, for a whole year since this procedure was launched, not a single main hearing was held in this judicial proceeding.

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We will never forget the Srebrenica genocide
1995 - 2015

This year marks the 20^th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide - the most massive crime committed in the territory of Europe after World War II.

On July 11^th 1995, the armed formation of Republika Srpska, headed by the Hague indictee Ratko Mladic, occupied Srebrenica, a safe haven under UN protection. The regime of S. Milosevic provided complete military, logistic, financial and political support to this genocidal undertaking. According to official data, 8.372 persons of Bosnian nationality were killed, while families are claiming around 10,000 of their members.

In commemoration of the 20^th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, on every 11^th of the month, peace organizations and art troupes from Serbia, Bosnia and Hercegovina and Montenegro will organize a number of activities in Belgrade, Sarajevo, Kotor, as well as in other cities in Serbia, Bosnia and Hercegovina and Montenegro.

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International Human Rights Day
December 10, 2014.
Notes

We will never forget crimes in Vukovar

Regarding of 23rd anniversary of the downfall of Vukovar, on November 18th 2014 from 15:00 to 16:00 in Knez Mihaiolova Street in Belgrade, Women in Black commemorated in silence and in black the anniversary of the crimes committed in that town.

Four slogans featured in this protest:

- We will never forget crimes in Vukovar
- Women in Black for Peace and Justice
- Justice and Peace - Women for Peace
- Information on the sufferings of the town

WiB on repression

Dossier 1 - attacks on WiB april 2014
Dossier 2 - attacks on WiB september 2014
Dossier 3- attacks on WiB november 2014
WiB report on repression October

Stop the abolition/impunity!

One decade after the murder of guardsmen in Topčider
(5. 10. 2004 - 5. 10. 2014)

Memorialization program

We will never forget the crime in Topčider!

"Stop Israeli aggression on Gaza"

On the occasion of the current political situation in Gaza, Women in Black on 25^th July 2014, organized a vigil in black and silence, on the Republic Square in Belgrade.

Protesters carried the following banners:
- Women in Black against War
- Women in Black against militarism
- Stop Israeli aggression on Gaza in Serbian, English, Hebrew and Arabic
- Stop the siege on Gaza, in Serbian, English, Hebrew and Arabic
- Stop the occupation of Palestine in Serbian, English, Hebrew and Arabic
- Solidarity with the peace movement in Israel and Palestine in Serbian and English
- Solidarity with Women in Black in Israel

Twenty activists of Women in Black participed in the protest, joined by the activists from Zagreb, Croatia (Center for Women War Victims and the Center for Women's Studies), Skopje, Macedonia (The Council for Gender Equality), and Kotor, Montenegro (Centre for Women and Peace Education).

Furthermore, activists from the Autonomous Women's Center and the Reconstruction Women's Fund from Belgrade showed their solidarity and participed in the protest too.

The protest was the covered by media, including the Anatolia news agency, Radio Free Europe, Beta, and others.
A small number of police officers attended the protest, and there were no incidents.

Peace action "We will never forget the Srebrenica genocide"
Women in Black attacked in Valjevo

During the peace action "Peace activism - activist cycling", a vigil was held on 8^th July 2014, starting at 6:30 p.m. in the main square in Valjevo, entitled "We will never forget the Srebrenica genocide", in mourning and in silence, as part of the commemoration of the 19th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, when provocations in the form of booing began from the onset.

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Protest, Srebrenica, 10^th-11^th July 2014

Impressions:
LIVE MONUMENT TO THE VICTIMS OF GENOCIDE IN SREBRENICA
System in Serbia doesn't allow the truth
In Serbia we are not accepted, in BIH we are respected
How safe did I feel on this protest?

WOMEN IN BLACK HELP TO PEOPLE IN JEOPARDY
ALL OVER FLOODED AREAS IN SERBIA

We remember crimes in Kosovo

Statement on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of crimes against Albanian civilians in Kosovo

Women in Black of Belgrade have marked on 26th of March, at the Republic Square of Belgrade on the occasion of 15th anniversary of crimes over Albanian civilians in Kosovo a peace action-"We remember crimes in Kosovo".

Twenty placards with names of the villages were the crimes have occurred were exposed:
Podujevo - Podujevë, Suva Reka - Suharekë, Cuska - Qyshk, Ljubenic - Lubeniqë, Pavljan - Pavlan, Racak - Reçak, Rogovo - Rogovë, Meja - Meje, Korenica - Korenicë, Trnje - Terrne, Velika i Mala Krusa - Krushë e Madhe dhe Krushë e Vogël, Gornja i Donja Sudimlja - Studime e Epërme dhe Studime e Poshtme, Bela Crkva - Bellacërk, Izbica - Izbicë, Ljubižda –Lubizhdë, Pusto Selo- Pastasel, Rezala - Rrezallë, Poklek - Poklekë, Staro Cikatovo - Çikatovë e Vjetër, Dubrava - Dubravë

Besides, two more transparents were exposed:
- Peace depends of me, of you, of all of us -Paqja varet nga unë, nga ti, nga të gjithë ne
- The peace is not just the absence of conflict, but the presence of justice -Martin Luther King - Paqja nuk është vetëm mungesa e konflikteve, por edhe prania e drejtësisë.- Martin Luther King

The central placard was:
We remember crimes in Kosovo- Kujtojmë krimet në Kosovë

and as well, we have exposed the one on the floor:
- Women in Black against war

Beside the protest, there was a reconstruction of the crime scene, an action with the support of the art collective-Art Clinics from Novi Sad.

Approximately 40 people participated in the protest which was covered by the media and the whole event passed without incident, with police protection.

Due to 8ht of March-International Women`s Day, Women in Black and Reconstruction Women`s Fund have organized street marsh all over Republic Square, Slavija and Center for Cultural Decontamination.

The main slogan was- 'Women-work-hunger! Do not give flowers to us-give us back our enterprises'

Protesting marsh which have started on 8ht of March at 1PM, we indicated on threat to women's labor rights in Serbia (lower-paid, first-fired and double-loaded), as well as on devastating impact of patriarchy, church and certain laws on reproductive rights of women.

In front of procession were drummers and activists who were holding 4 kilometers long violet banner with inscription-main slogan, made of white letters. On the left and on the right were walking activists holding two paroles: `Women, mothers, workers-we do not even have day wages` and `We want to work, not poverty and hunger.`

Followed by other activists who held other slogans which were radical, provocative and subversive.

Among others were paroles: Neither whores nor saints - women only; Register pedophiles, not the women who aborte; No state, no master – just the labor and reproductive rights; Church and God - away from my ovaries; We dispose with our body, mind and money; My body, my mind, my work; I'm not going to give birth for slave labor; Poverty kills; Support for workers in BiH; Capitalism kills;Give us back our factories, For workers; Neither brush nor Borosane, the sunrise for us; Long live the paid work; Our labor law - the horror and terror; Against patriarchy and capitalism; Get rid of false promises, which will be good only for you; Do not discriminate but you employ; Capitalism kills; We walk for those who are prohibited – Women from Banja Luka.

Participants of the marsh were making noise with the help of drums, tambourine, rattles, whistles and cans.

During the marsh starting from the Republic Square, across Kolarčevea street, Terazije, King Milan`s street, to Slavija through megaphones were also heard the key slogans, which were then chanted.

The marsh was completed at the Centre for Cultural Decontamination in socializing and snacks.

Gay icon for 2013th year

As every year, GayEcho portal continues the tradition that declares the male and female gay icon for previous year. These are people whose work and dedication have contributed to greater visibility and better position of the LGBT community in Serbia, or are especially favorite among LGBT population.
The title of the male gay icon for 2013 got the winner of reality show Big Brother, Zarko Stojanovic, for his contribution to greater visibility of the LGBT community and improving the image of the LGBT community in Serbia.
The title of the female gay icon for 2013 received the Women in Black, Staša Zajović, for her many years of advocacy for LGBT rights, for her support of the LGBT community in Serbia and the region, despite the verbal attacks of certain activists, she didn't turn her back to LGBT community.
GayEcho portal is also declared the homophobes for 2013, and it's Zeljko Joksimovic, for his verbal attack on a transgender person Philip Janevski Fifi, participant of X factors Adria.

Ramiz's song

Women in Black

As colourful armies, diplomats and models
Walk the red carpet of the World
(Dressed according to the latest fashion),
And the smell of blood and perfume
Lingers in the air,
You are still wrapped in Antigona's black,
In the Virgin Mary's black, Anne Frank's black,
The black worn by the mothers of Jasenovac, the mothers of Bleiburg,
The mothers of Srebrenica...

I can see you Talking to the raped women of Trnopolje,
Reaching out to the war orphans of Kozara,
Bowing your heads before the detainees of Omarska...

Alas, the black you're wearing,
Is getting more black by the day.
Whereas I so long to see you
Wearing festive clothes in my lifetime.

Today, however,
Might and Arrogance
Shine brightly,
While Truth is wrapped in black.

But soon, young people
Will be talking about the time
When your blackness
On this black land
Was more beautiful than flowers.

Enes Kisevic

Visit the center for asylum seekers

BOGOVADJA

As activists of Women in black and I walked into a cafe in Bogovađa, I experienced shock people sometimes feel when they find themselves in huge multicultural cities where you can see people from all around the world, which is definitely not the case with Belgrade. All this seemed like a parallel world and I remembered how often I had a feeling of being in parallel universe while being in my own country: it also happened while I was volunteering in roma settlement in Karaburma. Getting this kind of feeling is possible because of tendency in Serbia to entirely separate certain minority groups from the society, until it stops being aware of their existence and ignores them till that last, critical point as it has happened here, in Bogovađa. The thing is that nobody made action or spoke about asylum seekers in time. Even in 2011. when it was discovered how there is not enough room in the asylum Center and that hundreds of people are out there in woods without regular supply of food, things were left as they were up to this winter.

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