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Brutal killings of women in Western Balkan countries trigger alarm and expose faults in the system
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https://apnews.com/article/balkans-violence-women-killings-d1496da277dafde5c43d06ef1c580f63
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The region is staunchly conservative, with a centuries-old tradition of male dominance, but the problem surged following the wars in the 1990s and the political, economic and social crises that have persisted since the conflicts ended.
The public in Bosnia and in the wider region was brutally shaken into reality in August, when a woman in the northeastern Bosnian town of Gradacac was shot in the head by her former partner, in a live video on Instagram.
A 2022 report by GREVIO, an expert body monitoring the implementation of the Istanbul Convention, said such court practices feed a “sentiment of impunity” that is felt strongly by both the perpetrators and their victims.
A total of 66 women have been killed by partners or husbands since 2000 in Kosovo, a nation of 2 million, while only one perpetrator has been sentenced to life in prison, official statistics show.
Serbian Minister of Human and Minority Rights Tomislav Zigmanov pledged further efforts at a recent meeting in the capital Belgrade marking a global campaign to fight violence against women.
The woman, who wouldn’t give her name for security reasons, said her partner repeatedly raped her, beat and choked her, and kept her and the baby locked in their flat for hours at a time.
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