In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019, Mirjana Novokmet reacts during an interview with the The Associated Press in Belgrade, Serbia. BELGRADE, SERBIA -- Mirjana Novokmet does not believe that a special law that is set for approval in the Serbian parliament will help uncover what happened to her first child back in 1978.
Novokmet is not alone -- hundreds of families in Serbia have voiced similar suspicions after being unable to collect their deceased children's medical records or locate their place of burial. "We are in a very unfortunate situation," Assistant Justice Minister Cedomir Backovic told The Associated Press. "Whatever we did wouldn't be good enough."
While criminal action is a likely cause in some instances, state negligence also played a part, Backovic added. At a protest earlier this week outside the parliament building in Belgrade, a few dozen parents demanded that the bill be withdrawn, angry that it would allow for cases to dropped if they seem unsolvable.Novokmet showed the AP an autopsy report for her baby that appeared to have no official stamp, along with a report from a pathology institute supposedly listing her baby's tissue samples as someone else's.
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