Newsletter: YIHR in 2019
April 9, 2020 10:22 pm Leave your thoughtsAs the whole world follows preventative measures aimed at curtailing the spread of the COVID-19 virus, we continue our work... View Article
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Release Serbian journalist immediately
April 2, 2020 1:45 am Leave your thoughtsThe arrest of journalist Ana Lalić for publishing an article in a democratic society must not happen. In a democratic society, the arrest of a professional journalist causes greater public outrage than any published article.
Ministry of Defence to Protect Citizens from Pandemic, not to Promote War Criminal Pavković
March 30, 2020 8:07 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Youth Initiative for Human Rights condemns the announcement on the official website of the Ministry of Defence of Serbia of an interview titled “General Nebojša Pavković: Vučić is Creating Modern Army” which a convicted war criminal Nebojša Pavković gave to the “Vesti” paper.
Anniversary of the Crime in Podujevo: Forgetting the Victims Does Not Lead to Reconciliation
March 28, 2020 1:08 pm Leave your thoughtsMore than twenty years after the crime in Podujevo, instead of opening a space where the testimonies of the crime and voices of victims’ families will be heard, the government’s approach to the crimes committed by the Serbian police and military forces in Kosovo is still reflected in permanent glorification of war criminals such as Nebojša Pavković, Vladimir Lazarević and Nikola Šainović.
The initiative held a workshop on the position of the Albanian minority in Bujanovac
March 7, 2020 1:23 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Youth Initiative for Human Rights organised a workshop titled “Position of Albanian Minority in the Preševo Valley” in Bujanovac on 29 February and 1 March.
