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A 26-year-old woman, who wouldn't give her name for security reasons speaks in safe house for women in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. She 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. Throughout the Western Balkans, women are harassed, raped, beaten and killed, often by their partners and after repeatedly reporting the violence to the authorities. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

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Brutal killings of women in Western Balkan countries trigger alarm and expose faults in the system
By JOVANA GEC, SABINA NIKSIC AND ZANA CIMILI - Associated Press
Mon,12/04/23-11:09PM , 58 Reads
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A man in Bosnia killed his wife and streamed the murder live on Instagram. In neighboring Serbia, 27 women were killed in gender-based attacks this year, despite efforts to raise awareness and reverse the trend. Activists in Kosovo say violence against women there is a “national emergency.”
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