The VJT in Belgrade considers it justified that the two defendants in the case of the death of pensioner Stanimir B. in custody in Padinska Skela were sentenced to effective prison terms, but is not satisfied with their length
A man from Split who was sexually abused as a 15-year-old in the Split church of St. Fran was legally awarded 20.000 euros in compensation. The County Court in Zagreb confirmed the verdict of the Split Municipal Court
During the previous year, the amnesty institute in Serbia was applied in cases of serious criminal offenses with elements of violence, which resulted in certain proceedings ending without a judicial assessment of responsibility.
An investigation was launched at the "Vasa Živković" Elementary School due to alleged abuse among children
The famous actor from the series "Crazy, Confused, Normal" paid around 18.000 euros to avoid going to prison for sexually abusing a minor
I remember a patient from the hospital in Padinska Skela, who was depressed and hospitalized for the first time in the forties because her son told her: "You work all your life, you have nothing, and Arkan's people have everything." He left with them, got hooked on heroin and was devastated. She did not come to the hospital because of psychopathology, but because of social pathology; society was completely disrupted, and consequently she suffered and had to seek help. In the hospital, or in psychotherapy, you help someone, that person returns to the family or to the society of a perverted value system, of rampant violence, and everything you have achieved is destroyed very quickly.
The girl's family claims that the school tried to cover up the case and reacted inadequately. While the parents are fighting for justice, the girl does not go to school, while the boys who have been reported for violence attend classes. The doctor concluded that the child had 28 injuries
The Protestant Church in Germany is now also facing a major abuse scandal. And that, as one can hear, is "just the tip of the iceberg"
Vanja Macanović from the Autonomous Women's Center says that with such a large number of femicides in Serbia, the state institutions have not stated what actually happened and where the mistakes were made. Because of this, women lose confidence in institutions, so they often do not report abuse, which can lead to new tragedies
Psychologist from the Autonomous Women's Center Tanja Ignjatović stated that apart from the law, there is a serious lack of prevention. In 2023, nine women and three men lost their lives in the house as part of family tragedies
Why didn't I report? "Because I was ashamed. Because he's my father, and I didn't know the definition of what was happening, and it was happening since I was a child." "Because he was my boyfriend, so that doesn't count." "Because I thought I didn't resist enough. That I deserve the violence that happens to me..." And again and again: "That no one would believe me if I hadn't asked for it myself"
Towards the end of each school year, professors, teachers and tutors face pressure from students to get grades they don't deserve. It is a matter of disharmony between the wishes, knowledge and upbringing of students, which occasionally erupts in the form of open violence
