Belgrade, Serbia: Members of Women in Black-Serbia say the Serbian state is resuming the practice of denying state organized crime, and even vindicating criminals, after the successful appeals of two paramilitaries.

The organization issued a statement following the Serbian Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the appeals of two members of the Scorpions paramilitary group that operated as a Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP) unit. The unit had a role in crimes committed in Trnovo in July 1995, when six civilians from Srebrenica were murdered.

“Not content with murdering them, the Serbian state continues to insult their memories and further humiliate the families of the survivors,” reads the statement from Women In Black. “The women of Srebrenica are having to go through their pain again, losing all faith in the possibility of justice being done.”

Women in Black is a partner of The Advocacy Project. AP sent Peace Fellow Janet Rabin to volunteer with the organization in Belgrade this past summer.

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