29th anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide Marked: Serbia remembers
Commemorating the 29th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, citizens of Serbia, activists, and colleagues from other organizations joined the Youth Initiative for Human Rights in a gathering at the park between the City Assembly and the Presidency of Serbia.
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STOP THE HATE: Help us defend the “Mirdita, Dobar Dan!” Festival
Dear friends, We need your support in our legal battle against hate speech and in defense of the “Mirdita, Dobar Dan!” festival. Recent attacks have led to the unlawful banning of the festival, jeopardizing our efforts to enhance cultural exchange and reconciliation between the people of Kosovo and Serbia.
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The State of Serbia Has Banned Collaboration Between Artists from Serbia and Kosovo
Today, after 2:00 p.m, The Youth Initiative for Human Rights received verbal notification from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia regarding the ban on all events within the “Miredita, Dobar Dan” festival. The ban was formally communicated as an order to cease the gathering, initially verbally and then in writing, encompassing all the activities associated with the festival, both public events and those intended solely for participants.
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Why am I against the Ban on the Festival “Mirëdita, dobar dan”?
One of the volunteers engaged in an NGO in Belgrade, an Albanian from Pristina, talks over the phone with her worried mom׃ “Don’t worry, mom, I’m having a great time here.” Another frightened teenager who had been refusing to go to Croatia for summer vacation with his parents, believing that he would be slaughtered there by the Ustashas, returned from a trip through Istria with completely different views.
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