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Serbia Embraces War Criminals and Convicts Their Critics

Serbia Embraces War Criminals and Convicts Their Critics

BalkanInsight_logoWhen activists protested against an event organised by the ruling party promoting a convicted war criminal, we were fined – showing again how Serbian officials still reject the truth about the 1990s conflicts.

In November 1991 in Vukovar in Croatia, around 260 people were killed in what is known as the Ovcara massacre. On Tuesday, we who raised our voices against the perpetrators of this crime were fined by a Serbian court.


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Pioneering Kosovo Rape Victim Relives Battle for Justice

Pioneering Kosovo Rape Victim Relives Battle for Justice

BalkanInsight_logoA Kosovo Albanian woman has for the first time spoken out on TV about her experience as a rape victim during the war – and about her unsuccessful struggle for justice in court.

Breaking the silence about rape in Kosovo, Vasfije Krasniqi Goodman, a survivor of wartime sexual violence, has become the first woman to speak out about her experience during the Kosovo war between 1998 and 1999 in an interview.

Krasniqi Goodman sought justice before the courts in Kosovo, but in 2014 the Supreme Court acquitted two Serb policemen, initially indicted for her rape, on all charges.

Although she broke a taboo by speaking out on her ordeal and inspired many by her public testimony, human rights organizations are warning that justice appears to remain beyond reach for Krasniqi Goodman, and for many other survivors of wartime rape.

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