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Invitation to the presentation of the report “Passivization of Addresses of Albanians in the Preševo ​​Valley as a Discriminatory Practice”

October 19, 2023 3:15 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

The Youth Initiative for Human Rights in Serbia (YIHR Serbia) invites you to the presentation of the report "Passivization of addresses of Albanians in the Preševo ​​Valley as a discriminatory practice" which will be held in Belgrade, on Monday, October 23rd from 12:00 p.m. in the conference center "Envoy" (Gospodar Jevremova Street 47). The presentation of the report will be in the Serbian language.


Press release regarding the attitude of the institutions of the Republic of Serbia towards the event in Banjska

September 28, 2023 10:50 am Published by Leave your thoughts

The Youth Initiative for Human Rights considers the position of the institutions and highest officials of the Republic of Serbia regarding the event in Banjska deeply wrong and harmful, and is concerned about publicly declared government support for violent paramilitary activity. Although this is not the first time that Serbia’s government representatives glorify persons for their criminal activities which are subsequently covered under the cloak of patriotism, the murder of a Kosovo police officer and several hours of fire exchange in Banjska threaten to deepen the conflict and continue tensions between Serbia and Kosovo.


YIHR Serbia hosts memory activists from Turkey at the workshop in Belgrade

June 29, 2023 6:51 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

YIHR Serbia and Hafiza Merkezi from Turkey organized a three-day workshop, "New Perspectives of Memorialization in Turkey and the Western Balkans," from June 21 to June 23 in Belgrade. The workshop was a unique opportunity for 15 memory activists from Turkey and five young memory activists from Serbia to exchange knowledge and learn from activist experience to become better acquainted with the memorialization process and the culture of commemoration of war and war crimes in Serbia and Turkey.