Cultural Institution Ćuprija to Cancel the Competition for Creating a Mural of War Criminal Nebojša Pavković
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.
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Urgent: End the Political Persecution of Activists from the STAV Youth Group and Members of the PSG
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.
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Report: “Dossier: Croatia. Coordinated Hate.”
The following report, Dossier: Croatia. Coordinated Hate. is presented by the Youth Initiative for Human Rights. It addresses the violations of human rights of Croatian citizens and the spread of hatred during the political crisis in Serbia from December 2024 to February 2025. This report, prompted by the ongoing anti-Croatian propaganda in Serbia, which emerged… View Article
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YIHR participated in an interactive dialogue on transitional justice and human rights organized by the United Nations
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.
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