Guard leader threatened Pride parade, arrested

--Initiative 33 announced today that as the parade is getting closer, the calls to lynch members of the LGBT population are becoming more frequent. The state has no right to remain silent to open calls to physical violence against the parade participants that one of the leaders of the right-wing organization Naši 1389 Ivan Ivanović has been making.

In their statement, the organization said that Naši 1389 openly called for physical prevention of the parade and that one of the Naši 1389 leaders Ivan Ivanović referred to the LGBT population as "sickos" who are to be physically attacked in order to stop the parade.

"This is a glaring example of hate speech and the state cannot remain silent, if its intentions to support the parade are genuine," said the Initiative 33 and demanded that Ivanović be arrested.--

So nice to know that our dear serbian colleagues have rushed to defend their lgbt minority -- not!

we feared this would happen -- the threats from the so-called patriots, and as time gets closer, they just grow worse and worse. and what is anyone doing to respond to such extreme threats of violence?

i swear that you'd better have an excellent form of security for that day, well thought out and well fleshed out. otherwise i am sorry to say we are looking at violence, perhaps big-time. and casualties...

members of the lgbt community have a very long way to go before finding security and "normalcy" in serbia. and throughout the balkans.

good luck people!

roberto
frisco

--Initiative 33 announced today that as the parade is getting closer, the calls to lynch members of the LGBT population are becoming more frequent. The state has no right to remain silent to open calls to physical violence against the parade participants that one of the leaders of the right-wing organization Naši 1389 Ivan Ivanović has been making.

In their statement, the organization said that Naši 1389 openly called for physical prevention of the parade and that one of the Naši 1389 leaders Ivan Ivanović referred to the LGBT population as "sickos" who are to be physically attacked in order to stop the parade.

"This is a glaring example of hate speech and the state cannot remain silent, if its intentions to support the parade are genuine," said the Initiative 33 and demanded that Ivanović be arrested.--

So nice to know that our dear serbian colleagues have rushed to defend their lgbt minority -- not!

we feared this would happen -- the threats from the so-called patriots, and as time gets closer, they just grow worse and worse. and what is anyone doing to respond to such extreme threats of violence?

i swear that you'd better have an excellent form of security for that day, well thought out and well fleshed out. otherwise i am sorry to say we are looking at violence, perhaps big-time. and casualties...

members of the lgbt community have a very long way to go before finding security and "normalcy" in serbia. and throughout the balkans.

good luck people!

roberto
frisco