Human Rights Organizations are hereby calling on the Republic of Serbia Public Prosecutor’s Office to reexamine work of the Niš District Attorney’s Office due to it having taken legal action against Dario Milenković, a human rights activist from this city. »»

“My brother Nijazim was kidnapped from the train in Strpci 17 years ago, and then murdered. His only crime was his name. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) did a lot to enable the kidnappings and crimes in Sandzak to occur. There is evidence that the Republika Srpska Army gave weapons and tools and the FRY gave logistic support for the crimes in Strpci and Mioce. The new governments and states did nothing about the crimes in Sandzak during all these years. Only the Prijepolje Municipality erected a memorial for the victims of the crime in Strpci, but only for the nine people from Prijepolje. They did not have the strength to do it for all 19 kidnapped and murdered people”, said Nail Kajevic from Prijepolje, the representative of families of the victims in Strpci at the beginning of the discussion “War crimes in Serbia — the Sandzak case” on 3 March at the Belgrade Media Center. »»

On Wednesday, March 3rd 2010, Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) will organize a public discussion „War Crimes in Serbia – Sandzak case“. The discussion will start at 2 pm in Belgrade Media Center, 3 Terazije St, with participation of representatives of victims, human rights organizations and institutions. »»

The Foundation was established by activists gathered around the Youth Initiative for Human Rights throughout the Balkan region. The aim of this endeavor is to strengthen the youth capacities on the local level, to support the progressive individuals and organizations in their strivings to reform the societies of the former Yugoslavia, and to strengthen local philanthropy of the youth and their regional cooperation. »»