As we have done in the past, we are providing you with a short report on the activities of Women in Black in the reporting period.
We would like to thank you in advance, in solidarity.
Street actions: In this reporting period we organized seven (7) events,and we also actively participated in other street actions
- commemoration/marking important dates of crimes committed in our names;
- Feminist, anti-fascist, anti-war, anti-racist, anti-militaristic actions...
Commemoration / marking of important dates of crimes committed in our name, as well as other crimes against civilian population, during and after wars, in the territory of the former Yugoslavia:
Belgrade, October 5th “We shall never forget the Topčider crime” - On the occasion of the 20thanniversary of the crime (October 5, 2004-October 5, 2024) the murder of two guardsmen in the barracks in Topčider, Women in Black organized two protests in mourning and silence:
- Protest in front of the barracks in Topčider, together with the families of the killed soldiers. The banners “We shall never forget the Topčider crime”, “Solidarity, Responsibility” were displayed. Flowers with the message “Remember - Women in Black” were laid there.
This commemorative vigil was attended by 15 activists of Women in Black, Belgrade, Sarajevo, Priboj, Santandrei, Madrid, Zagreb.
Following banners were displayed:
- We remember Dragan Jakovljević and DraženMilovanović
- Discover the killers of soldiers!
- The state has been silent for 20 years, the Prosecution, the Police, the Army, the President of the Republic, for how much longer?
- October 05, 2004 – October 05, 2024
On that occasion, a stage action was also performed: it was written in salt on the pavement: We remember 10/05/2004 – 05/10/2024. Twenty white roses were then laid on the pavement.
Thirty (30) activists participated in that protest. In addition to activists from the above-mentioned cities, activists from Belgrade, Sombor, Pančevo, Leskovac, Vlasotince, Kruševac, Pljevlja and Dublin also participated.
Sjeverin, October 22th – at the commemoration on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of the crime in Sjeverin, activists of the Women in Black Network from Prijepolje and Priboj attended, where they paid their respects to the killed civilians, and then went to the town of Mioče and laid fl owers. (Let us remind: on October 22, 1992, on the bus line Priboj - Rudo, members of the Serbian paramilitary formation Osvetnici (Avengers) kidnapped 22 passengers of Bosniak nationality).
Belgrade, November 18th “We will never forget the crimes in Vukovar” - on the occasion of the 33th anniversary of the fall of Vukovar, Women in Black organized a vigil in mourning and silence in Knez Mihailova Street in Belgrade.
The following banners were displayed at the protest:
- We will never forget the crimes in Vukovar
- Vukovar 1991-2024: Yugoslav People’s Army/YNA held Vukovar under siege for 87days; More than 1,000 civilians were killed, and about 25,000 were wounded, andthe non-Serb population was expelled; In Ovčara more than 200 sick and woundedprisoners from the Vukovar hospital were killed; In this urbicide, almost the entire citywas destroyed;
- Thousands of prisoners passed through the camps in Serbia (Aleksinac,Begejci,Belgrade, Niš, Sremska Mitrovica, Stajićevo);
- Sexual abuse in camps - according to the testimony of detainees in camps in the territory of Serbia, women were exposed to rape and sexual abuse - no one was held accountable for these crimes!
- We demand responsibility for the camps - we demand justice for the victims and punishment for the perpetrators!
A stage action was performed at the protest: Vukovar 11/18/1991- 11/18/18/ – We remember – was written on the pavement in salt. And then the candles were lit.
About 30 activists participated in the protest.
Feminist, anti-fascist, anti-war, anti-racist, anti-militarist actions...
Report on our activities in pdf.