Support activists fined for protesting against a convicted war criminal
Today begins the second fundraising cycle for our campaign War criminals should be silent, with which we collect funds to pay off a fine in the sum of 450.000 Serbian dinars; the fine eight YIHR activists were sentenced to for disturbing the peace by protesting against convicted war criminal Veselin Šljivančanin.
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Verdict Confirmation for Beška whistles: peace activists punished, war criminals given the spotlight
Youth Initiative for Human Rights activists will never accept a political reality where peace activists and human rights defenders are silenced, while war criminals are glorified and protected by the entire state apparatus – the President, government, public attorney’s office, courts and local self-government.
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YIHR’s Letter to Ana Brnabić on Using the Ministry of Defence for Promoting War Criminals
Open letter of the Youth Initiative for Human Rights to Prime Minister Ana Brnabić
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Higher Court Ruling Confirms Hate Speech From Informer Directed at Anita Mitić
In a first degree ruling on September 19th 2018, the Higher Court in Belgrade has established that the plaintiff Anita Mitić was not duly protected by her right to protection against hate speech, to which she is entitled to according to article 75 of the Law on Public Information and Media, and has determined that the defendants – the “Informer” daily newspaper team have breached the ban on hate speech.
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