The Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) is calling on the Cultural Institution Ćuprija to annul the competition and the decision regarding the selected design for the mural in the center of Ćuprija in Serbia, dedicated to Nebojša Pavković, a convicted for war crimes in Kosovo. Due to the responsibility for publishing the competition, we also demand the dismissal of Stefan Stamenković, the director of this institution. The competition for a mural dedicated to Pavković represents an institutionalized practice of denying the war crimes for which he was convicted.
On Friday, March 14, activist and student Lazar Dinić was arrested in Belgrade, while in Novi Sad, members of the Free Citizens Movement (PSG) were detained: Lado Jovović, Marija Vasić, Davor Stefanović, Srđan Đurić, and Mladen Cvijetić. On March 16, the Higher Court in Novi Sad ordered a 30-day detention for these six individuals, and today, searches were carried out at the apartments of activists who are currently out of the country.
The Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) demands that the Supreme Public Prosecution Office and regulatory bodies investigate human rights violations against citizens of Serbia, as well as violations of the rights of foreign nationals, particularly Croatian citizens, who have been targeted by government representatives and pro-government media in recent months, within the context of months-long civil protests in Serbia.
The following report, Dossier: Croatia. Coordinated Hate. is presented by the Youth Initiative for Human Rights. It addresses the violations... View Article
At the invitation of Jürg Lauber, the President of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Sofija Todorović, the director of the Youth Initiative for Human Rights, spoke on March 5, 2025, at the 17th meeting of the 58th session of the Council in Geneva as part of an interactive dialogue on transitional justice and human rights.
