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She pursued a legal action through the courts which found in her favour and against the priest, ordering the church to be demolished. Although her lawyer advised her to file charges for the mistreatment, injuries and death threats she received, Fata preferred to set an example to her opponents,
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nominated Fata Orlović for the international "The Woman of
Courage" award, given to brave women who fight for their rights in a nonviolent way. Orlović was chosen as the 2007 Person of the Year by the Bosnian newspapers
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maintaining that "We should let things go now, it is the smartest thing to do. I am hurt, but I can not hurt anymore." She insisted that she was proud of herself and her children, and of her "smart but agonized people."
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Fata Orlović's fight against the church is regarded as a test of the potential for restoration of the rule of law in a divided Bosnia. According to James
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in 2000 until 2021. In 2000, Orlović, who had been living as a refugee and war widow ever since the end of the war, returned to her home in
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Fata Orlović has fought tenaciously to have the church removed from her garden, in the face of bureaucratic resistance and physical intimidation.
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church had been built on the piece of her property. She was in the legal struggle to claim the right to the property for over 20 years.
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during the war. Her husband Šaćir and between 22 and 28 other family members were killed and she and her seven children made refugees.
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Her efforts were supported by journalists who wholeheartedly supported Fata and helped spread the news of her struggle.
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She has had to build her own home on the charred remains of the old one, with her own funds and some assistance from
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Before the war, Fata had four houses and four stables. Along with many
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Fata Orlović had previously stated that she would get rid of the church even if it meant her own death.
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welcomed the agreement as a sign that Fata Orlović's right to private property would be respected.
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church built on her land. The church was built in the summer of 1996, upon the end of the war.
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in 2000, she found that her home had been completely demolished and a
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452:"Fata Orlović simbol borbe za ljudska prava u Bosni i Hercegovini"
642:. InternationalPeaceandConflict. 30 November 2012. Archived from
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since she moved back to her home in the
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404:"Fata Orlović ne odustaje: Tužba Sudu BiH protiv SPC"
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Organization for
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parents Šaban and Zlatka
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528:. LjutaKrajina. 4 June 2013. Archived from
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332:. Bosniaks. 20 July 2012. Archived from
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356:"Bosnian widow in church battle"
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596:"Ponovo napadnuta Fata Orlović"
554:. Kurir-info. 13 September 2012
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618:"The House Fata Didn't Build"
598:. E-Novine. 12 September 2010
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