Today, after 2:00 p.m, The Youth Initiative for Human Rights received verbal notification from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia regarding the ban on all events within the "Miredita, Dobar Dan" festival. The ban was formally communicated as an order to cease the gathering, initially verbally and then in writing, encompassing all the activities associated with the festival, both public events and those intended solely for participants.
One of the volunteers engaged in an NGO in Belgrade, an Albanian from Pristina, talks over the phone with her worried mom׃ "Don't worry, mom, I’m having a great time here." Another frightened teenager who had been refusing to go to Croatia for summer vacation with his parents, believing that he would be slaughtered there by the Ustashas, returned from a trip through Istria with completely different views.
You’re wondering what YIHR was up to last year? Are you interested to see what 365 days of fighting for human rights, justice and reconciliation in Serbia looks like? Do you want to get introduced to our programs and other activities that we implemented in 2023?
Youth Initiative for Human Rights selected as the winner of the Aachen Peace Award 2024 together with the "Grannies Against The Right Wing Parties” (Omas gegen Rechts). This important recognition of our work comes amidst challenging times where maintaining and preserving peace is a global imperative.
