Street Action “Every Step Was a Risk” Marks the 33rd Anniversary of the Siege of Sarajevo in Belgrade
On Friday, April 4, 2025, the Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) unveiled an artistic-activist installation titled “Every Step Was a Risk” on Čika Ljubina Street in Belgrade. The installation was created to mark the 33rd anniversary of the start of the Siege of Sarajevo and is dedicated to all the victims of the war in Sarajevo from 1992 to 1996, regardless of their ethnic, national, or religious background.
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YIHR at the Meeting with the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances
The Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) participated in an online meeting with the members of the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances on Monday, March 17, 2025, where it presented a report with recommendations for the institutions of the Republic of Serbia on enforced disappearances.
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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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