Nermin CengicNermin Čengić, columnist for Sarajevo-based Protest.ba portal, comments about the situation in transition societies that led to the latest incident, in which prominent Serbian journalist and commentator for Vreme weekly was attacked and beaten up last Saturday, in front of the full public bus in which nobody tried to help. Following is the full text of Čengić's comment originally published on Protest.ba.

Teofil PancicTeofil Pančić, journalist, columnist and literary critic of the weekly magazine "Vreme" was attacked and severely beaten by two assailants, in a public bus in Belgrade. The assailants used metal bars and Pančić suffered head contusions and bruises on his left arm, and was treated for his injuries at “Zemun” Clinical Hospital.

The Agency for Gender Equality of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees, and the EU Police Mission (EUPM) presented the report “Women in Police - Situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina” in the BiH Parliamentary Assembly in Sarajevo, June 23, introducing the findings and recommendations that will contribute to the quality of future dialogue and fully affirm women as equal participants in BiH law enforcement services.

World Refugee Day, observed June 20 each year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the situation of refugees throughout the world. On 4 December 2000, the United Nations General Assembly in Resolution 55/76 decided that, from 2001, 20 June would be celebrated as World Refugee Day. In this resolution, the General Assembly noted that 2001 marked the 50th anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees.

The Centre for Development of Civil Society (CDCS) from Zrenjanin protests the several days long racist incidents in the village of Jabuka, near Pančevo, and the related attacks on the Methodist Church in Jabuka and the initially completely passive position of the police.

Valentina Pellizer, owpsee executive directress is in Islamabad, Pakistan, taking part in the Feminist Text Exchange, organized by the Association for Progressive Communications. This comment was originally written for the FTX blog site.

Today, May 27, the 18th anniversary of the deportation of Bosnian-Herzegovinian refugees from Montenegro in 1992, Non-governmental organizations will once more support the victims’ families in their painful efforts to make sure that sufferings of their loved ones are not forgotten, and remain as a permanent warning to future generations.