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 fifteen (15) 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 19 anniversary of the crime (October 5, 2004-October5, 2023) 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 will never forget the crime in Topčider”, Solidarity, Responsibility were displayed. Flowers with the message “Remember - Women in Black” were laid there.
Protest in the city center (Knez Mihailova Street) where the following banners were displayed:
- We will never forget the crime in Topčider
- Solidarity
- Responsibility
- We remember Dragan Jakovljević
- We remember DraženMilovanović
- Who killed the guards?
- Discover the killers of soldiers!
- What did your Board of Enquiry do?
On that occasion, a stage action was performed: the date of the murder, October 5, 2004, as well as the date of the anniversary, October 4, 2023, were written in salt on the asphalt.
Fifteen (15) activists took part in the protest.
There were verbal insults during both vigils:
- Your mother’s pussy sucks, you whore. (One woman from a car in Topčider)
- No one believes you, not even your propaganda.
- I blame you inasmuch that it is not in Cyrillic.
- Are you their family? (Of the killed)
- This government is killing the people.
More than once, multiple people stepped on the anniversary date of the murder; half of them did it intentionally and half unintentionally. Several people loudly cursed at our silence, “Your mother’s cunt!”
The police never reacted.
Only one elderly man expressed his sincere support and respect.
Belgrade, November 18 “We will never forget the crimes in Vukovar”
- on the occasion of the 32th anniversary of the fall of Vukovar, Women in Black organized a peace action in Knez Mihailova Street in Belgrade.
The following banners were displayed at the protest:
- We will never forget the crimes in Vukovar
- Solidarity
- Responsibility
- Women in Black
- Vukovar 1991-2023: YNA held Vukovar under a siege for 87 days; More than 1,000 civilians were killed, and about 25,000 were wounded, and the non-Serb population was expelled; In Ovčaramore than 200 sick and wounded prisoners from the Vukovar hospital were killed; In this urbicide, almost the entire city was destroyed; Thousands of prisoners passed through the camps in Serbia (Aleksinac, Begejci, Belgrade, Niš, Sremska Mitrovica, Stajićevo).
During the vigil, a stage action was also performed. The words 1991- 2023 - Vukovar - We remember were written in salt on the pavement and candles were lit.
About twenty-five (25) activists took part in the protest – from Belgrade, as well as from Tuzla/B&H, Leskovac, Kraljevo.
Feminist, anti-fascist, anti-war, anti-racist, anti-militarist actions...
Report on our activities in pdf.