Bedem ljubavi - Mothers for Peace

Bedem ljubavi - Mothers for Peace is a women's non-governmental association formed in the beginning of 1991 to protest the consciption of Croats and other ethnic groups into the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) as Slovenia and Croatia had already begun the process of declaring independence. [ [http://www.wiserearth.org/organization/view/8b7aedefdd770f00b8146bc41ac29429 Non Governmental Organization: Bedem Ljubavi] ]

The organization organized citizen protests around JNA barracks starting on August 29, 1991 which lasted four days and drew tens of thousands of people. [ [http://www.karlovacki-tjednik.hr/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1792&theme=Printer Remembering Bedem ljubavi] ] Members of the organization travelled to the Yugoslav capital of Belgrade to demand the release of the conscripts. [http://www.totalportal.hr/article.php?article_id=222529 17 years since the protest of Bedem ljubavi] ]

On September 3, representatives travelled to the European Commission in Brussels to request the international recognition of Croatia to prevent war from escalating.

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