Youth Initiative for Human Rights strongly condemns the Ministry of Defence establishing a tradition at the Belgrade Book Fair where for the second consecutive year a platform and voice is given to convicted war criminals such as Nebojša Pavković, Vladimir Lazarević, Dragoljub Ojdanić and Vinko Panudrević through the edition of ‘Ratnik’ and a variety of public events.
Women in Black and the Youth Initiative for Human Rights commemorated the 27th anniversary of the abduction and murder of 16 Bosniak citizens of Serbia from Sjeverin by the peace action ’Remember the Crime in Sjeverin’.
Today, The Council of Europe Office and the French Embassy to Serbia have hosted a reception in honour of the Youth Initiative for Human Rights, the laureate of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize.
Minister Zoran Đorđević said today that "No one has ever been deported from Serbia by Serbs, let alone imprisoned and killed for being different, and this is not even in our political tradition," during the commemoration of the victims of Jajinci during World War II.
Václav Havel Prize ceremony: Ivan Đurić's speech
