Apel Älanovima Evropskog parlamenta, Vijeću Evrope, Evropskoj agenciji za osnovna prava, AmeriÄkom Kongresu i Senatu i Parlamentu Kanade
Hitan apel Društva za ugrožene narode Älanovima Evropskog parlamenta, Vijeću Evrope, Evropskoj agenciji za osnovna prava, AmeriÄkom Kongresu i Senatu i Parlamentu Kanade
Zaustavimo zabrane protesnih šetnji po etniÄkoj osnovi u Prijedoru!
Naša organizacija “Društvo za ugrožene narode“ je zaprepaštena viješÄ‡u o zabrani javnog skupa u pokretu organizovanom od strane Bošnjaka u Prijedoru, u Srpskom entitetu Bosne i Hercegovine. To je skandalozno da je vlastima Republike Srpske dozvoljeno da stvaraju sistem aparthejda u srcu Evrope i da zastrašuju preživjele žrtve genocida u Bosni i Hercegovini.
Kako je naša organizacija obavještena danas, Udruženje IZVOR i sedam drugih Prijedorskih udruženja planirali su javni skup u pokretu na MeÄ‘unarodni dan ljudskih prava 10.decembra, sa ciljem da skrenu pažnju na kontinuiranu diskriminaciju nesrba u Republici Srpskoj, ukljuÄujući kriviÄno gonjenje aktivista za ljudska prava. Iako je skup bio uredno najavljen opštinskim vlastima, u zadnji Äas uruÄena je zabrana bez navoÄ‘enja razloga.
Prema glasnogovorniku IZVOR-a, Edina Ramulića, ovo nije prvi put da prijedorska policija spreÄava nesrbe u njihovim pravima na javno okupljanje i protesne šetnje te organizovanju mirovnih manifestacija „ali je dozvoljeno Ravnogorskom ÄetniÄkom pokretu da paradiraju Prijedorom u svojim zastrašujućim crnim uniformama.“
23.maja 2012 vlasti su zabranili komemoraciju obilježavanja stradanja 266 žena i djece tokom rata u opštini Prijedor. Još uvijek su u sjećanju svježi straviÄni zloÄini poÄinjeni u logorima smrti Omarska, Keraterm i Trnopolje, kao i masovna ubistva na Korićanskim stjenama, a neki od kljuÄnih uÄesnika su bili pripadnici prijedorske policije.
Pišemo vam danas sa pozivom da izvršite pritisak na vlasti Republike Srpske kako bi se stalo u kraj njihovoj zvaniÄnoj politici etniÄke diskriminacije i apathejda.
PoÄetkom rata u Bosni i Hercegovini 1992, pripadnici policije pod komandom Kriznog štaba opštine Prijedor, Äiji je jedan od Älanova bio i lokalni šef policije Simo DrljaÄa, su bili Äuvari u logorima smrti, gdje su takoÄ‘e izvršavali muÄenja i ubistva. Više od 800 zatvorenika je ubijeno u logorima Omarska i Keraterm.
Prijedorska policija je uÄestvovala i u ubistvima 200 nevinih civila na Korićanskim stjenama. Do sada 21 od 28 osuÄ‘enih za ratne zloÄine bili su pripadnici prijedorske policije. Još 9 optuženih je u postupku na sudovima.
Bošnjaci i Hrvati su Äinili više od pola prijeratne populacije sa 56.000 u opštini Prijedor. 3.173 su ubijeni, većinom u prvoj godini rata. Nekih 53.000 je protjerano po cijelom svijetu. Danas prijedorska šira opština broji samo izmeÄ‘u 8,000 i 10.000 povratnika.
Mi vas pozivamo da uradite sve u vašoj moći da utiÄete na srpske vlasti u Prijedoru da poštuju civilna i ljudska prava nesrpskih povratnika.
Bili bismo jako zahvalni ukoliko nas možete informisati o preduzetim koracima koji bi doveli do ostvarenja ovog apela.
Tilman Zülch
Društvo za ugrožene narode
Milada Hodžic
Udruženje PrijedorÄanki IZVOR (ispred 7 drugih udruženja iz Prijedora)
Emir Ramić
Institut za Istraživanje Genocida Kanada
Haris Alibašić
Kongres Bošnjaka Sjeverne Amerike
Sanja Drnovšek
Bosansko-ameriÄki Institut za Genocid i Edukaciju
Appeal to Members of the EU Parliament, the Council of Europe, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights in Vienna, American Congress and Senate an Canadian Parlimanet
Urgent Appeal to Members of the EU Parliament, the Council of Europe, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, American Congress and Senate and Canadian Parliament:
Stop the ban on Bosniak rallies in Serb-administered Prijedor (North-west Bosnia)!
We have been appalled to learn of the banning of a peaceful protest demonstration organised by Bosniaks in Prijedor, in the Serb administered part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is scandalous that in the heart of Europe the Republika Srpska authorities are being allowed to create an apartheid system and intimidate the survivors of genocide in Bosnia. As our human rights organisation was informed today, the "Izvor" association in Prijedor and seven other NGOs were planning to hold a rally on International Human Rights Day (10 December) to draw attention to the persistent discrimination against non-Serbs in Republika Srpska, including the criminal prosecution of individuals who have called for their rights to be respected. Although the rally was registered with the authorities, it was banned at short notice without any reason being given. According to Izvor's press spokesperson Edin Ramulic, this is not the first time that the police in Prijedor have prevented non-Serbs from exercising their right of peaceful assembly and stopped them organising peaceful events. "However members of Serb organisations like the "Ravna Gora Chetniks" are allowed to parade through Prijedor wearing their intimidating black uniforms."
On 23 May 2012 the authorities banned a ceremony in honour of the memory of 266 women and young girls murdered in the municipality of Prijedor during the Bosnian War. Memories are still fresh of the terrible crimes that were committed in 1992 in the Omarska, Keraterm and Trnopolje concentration camps and at the Koricanske Stijene cliffs, in all of which police officers from Prijedor played a significant role. We are writing to you today to urge you to bring pressure to bear on the government of Republika Srpska in order to put an end to their official policy of ethnic discrimination and apartheid.
In 1992, at the start of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, police officers under the direction of Prijedor's Municipal Crisis Staff Committee, the members of which included the local chief of police Simo Drljaca, served as guards, torturers and executioners in the concentration camps. More than 800 prisoners were murdered in Omarska and Keraterm alone. Police officers shot 200 innocent civilians at Koricanske Stijene. 21 of the 28 Prijedor cases tried to date by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia have involved members of the police. Nine police
officers must still stand trial. 56,000 Bosniaks and Croats made up approximately half the population of the municipality of Prijedor. 3173 were murdered, most of them during the first year of the war. Some 53,000 were expelled and scattered around the world. To date 8000 to 10,000 of the expulsees have returned home to the
greater Prijedor area.
We call on you to do everything in your power to compel the Serb authorities in Prijedor to respect the civil and human rights of non-Serb returnees.
We would greatly appreciate it if you would keep us informed of whatever steps you take to achieve this.
Sincerely Yours
Tilman Zülch
General Secretary, Society for Threatened Peoples
Milada Hodžić
"Izvor" Women's Association, Prijedor (on behalf of seven other NGOs from Prijedor)
Emir Ramić
Institute for Research of Genocide Canada
Haris Alibašić
Congress of North American Bosniaks
Sanja Drnovšek
Bosnian American Genocide Institute and Education Center