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Specific cases of attacks on Croatian nationals and Serbian citizens with dual citizenship have been mapped in the YIHR\u2019s new report <\/span>Dossier: Croatia. Coordinated Hate. Human Rights Violations Against Croatian Citizens and the Promotion of Hatred During the Political Crisis in Serbia (December 2024 – February 2025). <\/span><\/i>YIHR has mapped five of the most indicative cases of human rights violations and analyzed over 20 discriminatory statements by high-ranking officials of the Republic of Serbia, pro-government media, and politicians close to the regime.<\/span><\/p>\n

The report deconstructs media spin regarding the \u201cBlockade Cookbook,\u201d specifically the narrative of “interference” by official Croatia and its citizens in the student protests and blockades in Serbia, and provides an overview of false accusations that Croatian students who were in Belgrade in late December were members of the Croatian Security and Intelligence Agency. Special focus is given to several cases: targeting students in the blockade \u2013 the Stojakovi\u0107 brothers from the Faculty of Organizational Sciences \u2013 because they hold Croatian citizenship; the publication of personal data and passport photos of several Croatian citizens by convicted war criminal Vojislav \u0160e\u0161elj; as well as the expulsion of 13 foreign nationals from Serbia who participated in the Erste Foundation program in Belgrade.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the interest of good neighborly relations and taking responsibility for the words spoken, the highest representatives of the executive and legislative authorities in Serbia should apologize to foreign nationals, as well as to citizens of Serbia who also hold Croatian citizenship, for slander and accusations that they are \u201cspies of the Croatian intelligence service.\u201d The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Supreme Public Prosecution Office must promptly determine how individuals and media outlets obtained personal documents of foreign nationals residing in Serbia, prosecute those responsible, and inform the public about the findings. The Commissioner for Protection of Equality, The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance<\/span> and <\/span>Personal Data Protection, and the Ombudsman must take immediate action to ensure compliance with the Law on the Prohibition of Discrimination, the Law on Personal Data Protection, and the Law on the Protector of Citizens.<\/span><\/p>\n

Failure to prosecute these attacks will further hinder Serbia\u2019s accession to the European Union (EU), given that EU institutions and officials have repeatedly condemned the illegal arrests and expulsions of citizens from EU member states and the public release of personal data. By acting, Serbian institutions would provide the minimum guarantees that these and similar human rights violations against Croatian citizens and Serbian citizens with Croatian citizenship will be an incident, not the norm, in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n

The report is available <\/span>at this link<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) demands that the Supreme Public Prosecution Office and regulatory bodies investigate human rights violations against citizens of Serbia, as well as violations of the rights of foreign nationals, particularly Croatian citizens, who have been targeted by government representatives and pro-government media in recent months, within the context of months-long civil protests in Serbia.","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[57,1479],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Supreme Public Prosecution Office and Regulatory Bodies to Investigate Human Rights Violations Against Citizens of Croatia in the Context of Student Protests in Serbia - YIHR.rs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/yihr.rs\/en\/the-supreme-public-prosecution-office-and-regulatory-bodies-to-investigate-human-rights-violations-against-citizens-of-croatia-in-the-context-of-student-protests-in-serbia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Supreme Public Prosecution Office and Regulatory Bodies to Investigate Human Rights Violations Against Citizens of Croatia in the Context of Student Protests in Serbia - 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