Belgrade women refused passage to Srebrenica by Republika Srpska police

[Ivo Skoric]

Belgrade women refused passage to Srebrenica by Republika 
Srpska police

Here is what I gathered from today's conversation with my wife 
around 5 pm (11 pm in Bosnia). She was in the car somewhere 
close to Niksic, so our conversation was subject to vagaries of 
wireless signal in high Montenegrin mountains, on her way from 
Srebrenica (http://balkansnet.org/srebrenica.html), where she 
attended the sad seventh anniversary of the massacres. Never 
Forget was made courtesy of Republika Srpska police that 
provided 2000 cops to 'secure' the visitors: victims, survivors of 
massacres, former neighbors, those who were not reduced to a 
couple of bags of body parts, but rather just 'cleansed' from the 
neighborhood. Local men stayed at home behind curtained 
windows. Shame? Guilt? Caution? In a very moving speech 
Bosnian Reis-Ulema quoted Martin Luther-King "...and I also 
remember the silence of friends." Republika Srpska police refused 
passage to a bus full of women from Belgrade, mostly belonging to 
the Women In Black group. So, they were not able to attend. This 
is not the first time that Republika Srpska authorities are most 
vigilant against peace activists from Serbia. Indira is going to give 
full report on this trip at Raccoon Space on Friday, July 19 at 6 pm. 
For directions, check http://balkansnet.org/prostor.html.

ivo