In a few days, the 27th anniversary of the abduction at the Štrpci railway station will be marked. This is the railway station at which the express train no. 671 would not normally make a stop. On February 27 1993, members of the paramilitary group Avengers abducted 20 passengers from the Belgrade-Bar train. Among the abducted, there were 18 Bosniaks, one Croat and one person of unknown origin and of darker skin tone.
The Youth Initiative for Human Rights is inviting all interested persons between 16 and 30 years of age from Belgrade to get informed about war crimes trials through a series of lectures, by attending trials and by taking part in the discussions following the hearings.
The Youth Initiative for Human Right organized a two-day workshop “Paramilitary Units from Serbia in post-Yugoslav wars (1991-1999)” for ten young researchers in Belgrade on February 7-8.
The Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) condemns a series of violent incidents we have witnessed in several towns in Vojvodina in the last couple of days and demands urgent reaction of the prosecutor’s office, as well as a condemnation by the Provincial Government, the Government of Serbia and the President of Serbia.
