[Redcercana] FW: [womeninblack] Attack on activists in Belgrade Women in Black headquarters / Pro-gay activists attacked (Tanjug, Beta)

Mie Oct 13 09:34:26 CEST 2010

Hola amigas
No tengo tiempo ahora de traducir, pero en unos días está seguro. Solo escribiros porque han atacado la sede de Mujeres de Negro de Belgrado, debido a su participación en el Gay Prade (una marcha por el orgullo gay, trans, bollo, etc...). Ahí tenéis la foto...
En cuanto podamos lo traducimos.
Besos
Maria

From: lieve.snellings a pandora.be
To: womeninblack a listas.nodo50.org
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:11:53 +0200
Subject: [womeninblack] Attack on activists in Belgrade Women in Black	headquarters / Pro-gay activists attacked (Tanjug, Beta)

Dear, Dearest,

Watching the TV news yesterday, reading the newspaper 
and this mail from Shebar makes me sad and angry with so much hate and violence 
that is commited against participants of the Gay Pride in Belgrade yesterday, 
and the attac on the WiB office.  Nationalism showed himself on his most 
violent, intollerant way...
Watching this photo, at the same time I am so VERY VERY 
PROUD seeing my friends Lepa, Stasa and Boban on the first line.  About 
1000 so courageous fantastic wonderful people came in the streets, stood up 
!  I want to sent you all the biggest support, good energy and lots of 
love to take care of each other, recover and continue walking your road...  
Many in the world do support you, are standing with you !
I sent you all in Belgrade a big hug and lots and lots 
of love
and lots of love to you all, where ever in the 
world
lieve

From: Shebar Windstone 

Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 5:21 AM

I haven't seen the actual statement issued by Belgrade Women in 
Black, nor any further news or announcements regarding the attack, the injured 
woman or apprehension of the perpetrators. Let's hope no news is good news in 
this case, because already there's more than enough bad news out of Belgrade 
today! But there's no dearth of good news to celebrate, too -- because (in case 
you haven't been following) nine years since the first attempt, more than 1,000 
Serbian and international lgbtq people, human rights activists, along with 
friends and family and a few supportive officials, finally succeeded in holding 
Belgrade and Serbia's first successful Pride rally and march!!!!!! Here's a 
photo showing longtime WiB/ZuC activists Boban Stojanovic (also of the Queeria 
Center and Belgrade Pride, making a V/Peace sign), Lepa Mladjenovic and Stasa 
Zajovic, together with other Belgrade Pride organizers, leading the march with a 
banner that says "MOZEMO ZAJEDNO!" ("Together, we can!"):

http://www.danas.rs/foto/razno.1050.html (See more photos 
on this page & in the B92 Gallerija at 
http://www.b92.net/info/galerija/galerija.php?nav_category=99 ; today's 
English-language news from B92 is at 
http://www.b92.net/eng/news/headlines.php?mm=10&dd=10&yyyy=2010 
)

Attack on activists at the headquarters of Women in Black 

Author: Tanjug

Belgrade - The peace group Women in Black announced 
today that last night around 1:30 am, two young men invaded the organization's 
headquarters and with a hammer attacked men and women activists in the kitchen. 

This incident took place just before the holding of the Pride Parade in 
Belgrade, which indicates that  homophobia is the motive of the attackers, 
a statement declared. 

"That it was not a matter of a random incident was 
proven by the young men entering the room loudly calling for 'faggots' among 
those present, and looking for a fight," the Women in Black statement 
added.

"A politically motivated attack on the women and men activists of 
Woman in Black happened because we clearly and unequivocally support the rights 
of LGBT people and the organization of the Pride Parade, just as political 
engagement of Woman in Black also includes a clear condemnation of the crimes 
committed in our name," they said in the statement. 

This organization 
demands that the responsible institutions of Serbia as soon as possible find the 
perpetrators and punish the attackers, stating that it "showed that the state 
really has the political will to create a democratic state and respects the 
values of human rights and freedoms." 

http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2010&mm=10&dd=10&nav_category=16&nav_id=464304

Pro-gay activists attacked10 October 2010 | 
10:53 | Source: Beta 

BELGRADE -- An NGO Zene u crnom 
(Women in Black) reported that last night two young men broke into their 
premises and attacked their activists with a hammer.

"The fact these 
young men entered the premises looking for “queers” among the people present 
there, wanting to initiate a fight, shows this was no random incident", they 
stated.

Women in Black assessed that the motives for last night’s attack 
were political views and homophobia, and demanded from the competent state 
authorities to find the perpetrators as soon as possible. 

"This 
politically motivated attack against Women in Black activists happened because 
we clearly and unequivocally support the rights of LGBT people and the 
organization of the Pride Parade, in addition to our political involvement that 
condems the war crimes committed in our name", reads the statement of the Women 
in Black. 

Paramedics told Beta news agency that a woman was injured in 
the attack, suffering an eyelid cut and nose injuries, and that she was 
immediately taken to the Emergency ward. 

There was no response from the 
police department regarding the incident. 

Comments: 
4 Chronological

http://www.danas.rs/danasrs/iz_sata_u_sat/napad_na_aktiviste_u_sedistu_quotzena_u_crnomquot.83.html?news_id=25648

11:53 | Beograd | Hronika

Napad na aktiviste u sedištu "Zena u 
crnom"Autor: Tanjug

Beograd - Mirovna grupa "Žene u 
crnom" saopštila je danas da su dvojica mladica, nocas oko 1.30 sati, upala u 
prostorije te organizacije i kuhinjskim cekicem napali njene aktiviste i 
aktivistkinje.

Ovaj incident desio se neposredno pred održavanje Parade 
ponosa u Beogradu, što pokazuje da je homofobija motiv napadaca, navedeno je u 
saopštenju.

"Da se nije radilo o slucajnom incidentu dokazuje i to da su 
mladici u prostorije ušli glasno tražeci 'pedere' meðu prisutnima, želeci da se 
fizicki obracunaju", dodaje se u saopštenju "Žena u crnom".

"Politicki 
motivisan napad na aktivistkinje i aktiviste 'Žena u crnom' desio se zato što 
jasno i nedvosmisleno podržavamo prava LGBT populacije i organizaciju 'Parade 
ponosa', kao što politicki angažman 'Žena u crnom' ujedno podrazumeva i jasnu 
osudu zlocina pocinjenih u naše ime", istice se u saopštenju.

Ta 
organizacija zahteva od nadležnih institucija Srbije da u što kracem roku 
pronaðu pocinioce i kazne napadace, napominjuci da bi time "država pokazala da 
zaista ima politicku volju da stvara demokratsku državu i poštuje vrednosti 
ljudskih prava i sloboda".

Napadnuti aktivisti "Ž

ena u crnom"10. oktobar 2010. | 10:14 | Izvor: Beta Beograd -- Organizacija Zene u crnom navodi da su protekle noci dva 
mladica upala u njihove prostorije u Jug Bogdanovoj ulici u Beogradu i cekicem 
napala aktiviste. 

"Da se nije radilo o slucajnom incidentu 
pokazuje to da su mladici u prostorije ušli tražeci pedera meðu prisutnima, 
želeci da se fizicki obracunaju", navodi se.

Žene u crnom ocenile su da 
su motivi napada politicki stavovi i homofobija i zatražile od nadležnih 
državnih organa da što pre pronaðu pocinioce i kazne ih.

"Politicki 
motivisan napad na aktivistkinje i aktiviste "Žena u crnom" desio zato što jasno 
i nedvosmisleno podržavamo prava LGBT populacije kao i organizaciju Parade 
ponosa, kao što politicki angažman "Žena u crnom" ujedno podrazumeva i jasnu 
osudu zlocina pocinjenih u naše ime", naviodi se u saopštenju "Žena u 
crnom".

U Hitnoj pomoci agenciji Beta receno je da je u napadu povreðena 
jedna žena, ona je sa posekotinom kapka i povredom nosa prevezena na Urgentni 
centar.

Policija se još nije oglasila o ovom incidentu. 

http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=10&dd=10&nav_id=70195

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