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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Youth Initiative for Human Rights Winner of the Aachen Peace Award 2024
Youth Initiative for Human Rights selected as the winner of the Aachen Peace Award 2024 together with the “Grannies Against The Right Wing Parties” (Omas gegen Rechts). This important recognition of our work comes amidst challenging times where maintaining and preserving peace is a global imperative.
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