Talking about the campaign \u201cNever Again, For Anyone\u201d, which YIHR launched together with the Independent Association of Vojvodina Journalists and forumZFD, \u0110uri\u0107 says that the aim of the campaign is to break through the nationalist narrative using artistic expression and the messages of solidarity and pure compassion.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have the whole year for political judgments and attempts at political change and we will continue, like all other peace activists in Serbia, to work throughout the whole year. But this month of July, especially the way it is this year, without a possibility to go to Poto\u010dari and pay respect to the victims, without a possibility to do it properly even in Belgrade, our campaign now wishes to send that message in a different way\u201d, says \u0110uri\u0107.<\/p>\n
Ivan \u0110uri\u0107 adds that this year, on the eve of commemorating the anniversary, none of the Serbian officials have mentioned Srebrenica, apart from a \u201csuperficial mentioning by President Vu\u010di\u0107 at a press conference before his departure to Paris.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOn one hand, it is a great shame for our country, that the officials of Serbia, which has been found responsible for not preventing the genocide, are silent on that day, but on the other hand, it is good that there is no an active campaign of negating and denying; it is good that such an active campaign of making Serbia a victim in the Srebrenica context has not continued, which we have witnessed since 20015 and the attack on President Vu\u010di\u0107 in Poto\u010dari and the British resolution, when Serbia presented itself as the victim of international conspiracy and Bosniaks\u201d, stresses \u0110uri\u0107 and adds that, as an optimist, he hopes that the change will come, \u201cbut it is a bigger problem than how our officials react, because the officials may change their opinions in a day, easily, relative to their political interests\u201d.<\/p>\n
Talking about how young people relate to the issues of dealing with the past and learning about the events of the 1990s, \u0110uri\u0107 reminds that YIHR seeks to offer to young people a way out of the omnipresent nationalist propaganda coming from the media, public space, educational system, \u201cto offer them something closer to the truth and facts, and bring them closer to their neighbours, Bosniaks, Croats or Kosovo Albanians\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere we have very important messages from the EU and, for example, what particularly drew my attention is the statement by the Commissioner Varhelyi who said that Srebrenica was still an open wound for the peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as for the EU. Only when we build our relationship on trust, we may speak of reconciliation and healing, while for trust, it is crucial not to lie openly, as official Belgrade lies today, that there was no genocide, that it should not be discussed, that Belgrade has nothing to do with it and that Ratko Mladi\u0107 is a hero, that we are reporting about his health at the hospital, while we never talk about what he is responsible for. It must change if we expect that anyone in Bosnia and Herzegovina or anywhere outside Serbia trusts us\u201d, concludes \u0110uri\u0107.<\/p>\n
The Youth Initiative for Human Rights, together with the Independent Association of Vojvodina Journalists and forumZFD, has launched the campaign \u201cNever Again, For Anyone\u201d within this year\u2019s commemoration of the anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. The campaign includes a short video \u201cNever Again, For Anyone\u201d and a song \u201cNever Again, For Anyone\u201d, Kemal Monteno\u2019s anti-war call, performed by the Horkestar<\/em>, alternative choir and orchestra.<\/p>\n