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Civil society - Operation Storm war crimes are the responsibility of all of us

FENA Press release

SARAJEVO, August 3 (FENA) - This year, when the Republic of Croatia celebrates the 25th anniversary of the military-police operation Storm, civil society representatives addressed the citizens of Croatia on behalf of those whose voices - especially in such celebratory occasions - are rarely heard.

“Can we as a society, after 25 years, hear the testimonies of the other side that suffered in the war, let the story of exiled compatriots touch us, make us acknowledge the suffering of others. We, who have been actively protesting every year since 2014, at the Ban Josip Jelačić Square in Zagreb, around the time of the anniversary, want to live in a society that is brave enough to take responsibility and face the past,” it was said in a joint statement of the Center for War Victims "ROSA" and Center for Civic Courage from Zagreb, Center for Democracy and Transitional Justice - CDTP from Banja Luka, Association for Social Research and Communications "UDIK" from Sarajevo and Women's Network of Croatia.

The associations state that "they do not justify crimes with other war crimes, nor do they deny them, silence them by talking about the crimes committed in the Operation Storm on this day.

“On the contrary, in the same way we demand responsibility for all crimes committed in the countries of former Yugoslavia, and together with other civil society organizations from those countries we remind of the responsibility of governments that have not condemned and punished these crimes since we have been witnessing state-organized denial of these war crimes.

We welcome the positive institutional changes we are witnessing these days. We hope that the symbolic step will be followed by concrete solutions for the realization of the long-awaited rights of civilian victims of war,” it is stated in the statement.

(FENA) S. R.

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