{"id":17125,"date":"2024-08-09T12:20:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T11:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yihr.rs\/?p=17125"},"modified":"2024-08-09T12:29:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T11:29:49","slug":"serbian-prime-ministers-online-attack-on-activist-mila-pajic-represents-a-dangerous-misuse-of-power-and-an-act-of-intimidation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yihr.rs\/en\/serbian-prime-ministers-online-attack-on-activist-mila-pajic-represents-a-dangerous-misuse-of-power-and-an-act-of-intimidation\/","title":{"rendered":"Serbian Prime Minister\u2019s online attack on activist Mila Paji\u0107 represents a dangerous misuse of power and an act of intimidation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Prime Minister\u2019s role is to guide and oversee the Government\u2019s work in accordance with the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Serbian Constitution, not to act in ways that contradict these duties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By making such a statement, the Prime Minister not only threatens Mila Paji\u0107\u2019s safety but also misuses his considerable power\u2014one of the highest positions in the state meant to safeguard freedom of speech, the right to peaceful assembly, and human rights defenders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mila Paji\u0107\u2019s efforts contribute significantly to advancing human rights, regional cooperation, and reconciliation. She has consistently represented Serbia with responsibility and dignity, working to ensure the preservation of constitutional freedoms and empowering young people and the public to engage in democratic processes. Attacking Mila is not only an attack on her but on all those who hold differing opinions, sending a troubling message to young people that their safest option is silence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) Serbia condemns such confrontations with citizens, especially young people, from high state positions as unacceptable in a democratic society. This act represents a further erosion of Serbia\u2019s institutions, a trend we have long opposed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the days in which we are witnessing unacceptable forms of intimidation, including the detention of young people who participate in protests and the heated atmosphere in our country, it is the duty of all representatives of the Republic of Serbia to have a high level of responsibility for what they say in public.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dangerous qualifications that Prime Minister Vu\u010devi\u0107 used in his statement such as &#8220;Serb haters&#8221; and &#8220;recruited stormtroopers&#8221; present a young girl as an &#8220;enemy of the state&#8221; while continuing the malicious and equally dangerous campaign against university professor Dink Gruhonji\u0107 from Novi Sad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last night, Milo\u0161 Vu\u010devi\u0107, Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia, posted a statement on the social network X that contained false information designed to incite hatred against Mila Paji\u0107, a young student, activist, and program assistant at the Youth Initiative for Human Rights.\r\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[57,1502,1479],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - 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