Youth Initiative for Human Rights Regional Network, working in the post-war countries of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia, having lived the effects of war and still suffering the consequences of actions such as those of the Russian Federation towards Ukraine, strongly condemns such occurrences and deeply feel for the people in Ukraine and the suffering they are going through at such a difficult time.
The Youth Initiative for Human Rights in Serbia (YIHR Serbia) invites you to the presentation of findings of the regional report and handbook on commemorations of war and war crimes in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Montenegro for the period of January - October 2021. The presentation is to be held on Monday, January 31, starting from 11:00 via Zoom platform.
Youth Initiative for Human Rights in Serbia (YIHR Serbia) and the Youth Initiative for Human Rights - Kosovo (YIHR Kosovo) condemn the BIA's practice of intimidation against Kosovo journalist Adriatik Kelmendi, as well as the hate messages sent to sent in December of this year Intimidation of Albanians is the opposite of regional co-operation initiatives such as the Open Balkan and could cause another boycott from the Albanian community in Serbia of the 2022 census. In accordance with that, we demand that the Prime Minister of Serbia, Ana Brnabić, and Miroslav Lajčak, EU representative, clearly condemn these attacks, and from the Prosecutor's Office and that the police urgently and efficiently investigate these cases and end the practice of impunity.
Witnessing that Kosovo-Serbia relations are not improving despite the ongoing dialogue process, we express our deep concern for the deterioration of the situation on the ground and in the daily lives of citizens. There is a need to safeguard and protect the human rights of minority groups in Serbia and Kosovo.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) obliged the Government of Serbia to answer questions regarding endangering the security of activists of the Youth Initiative for Human Rights after the unsuccessful removal of the mural of Ratko Mladic on November 9 in Njegoševa street in Belgrade and the ban of public assembly by the Ministry of Interior.
