Activist paints grim picture of human rights

A veteran human rights activist says there are "second and third rate citizens" in Serbia.

Izvor: B92

Tuesday, 01.01.2008.

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A veteran human rights activist says there are "second and third rate citizens" in Serbia. "It turns out there are citizens of the first, second and third rate in Serbia," Vojin Dimitrijevic of the Belgrade Center for Human Rights says. Activist paints grim picture of human rights According to him, the country's human rights suffered in 2007 from divisions that run along different criteria—political, ethnic, religious and economic. "Members of the elite believe they are allowed what ordinary people are not, the loudest members of parliament believe they can be rude and present false claims with impunity," Dimitrijevic paints a grim picture. Te told B92 Monday that some ministers also believe they can behave aggressively, slandering others, without providing information as regular citizens must do. "As the Pescanik case in Arandjelovac demonstrates, those who think differently in political terms can be forced not to voice their opinion, and this can be done by the representatives of the authorities." Dimitrijevic believes that ethnic minorities in Serbia are seriously and gravely discriminated against when he says: "Serbs are number one, especially those who have managed to declare themselves 'great Serbs'. Members of minorities are second rate citizens who, unlike Serbs, must continuously prove their allegiance to the state." Not only that, but Dimitrijevic believes that in our country it is "better to be religious than atheist, Christian than non-Christian, Orthodox if Christian." He further claims that this discrimination is "not only the case in practice," but also, "legally."

Activist paints grim picture of human rights

According to him, the country's human rights suffered in 2007 from divisions that run along different criteria—political, ethnic, religious and economic.

"Members of the elite believe they are allowed what ordinary people are not, the loudest members of parliament believe they can be rude and present false claims with impunity," Dimitrijević paints a grim picture.

Te told B92 Monday that some ministers also believe they can behave aggressively, slandering others, without providing information as regular citizens must do.

"As the Peščanik case in Aranđelovac demonstrates, those who think differently in political terms can be forced not to voice their opinion, and this can be done by the representatives of the authorities."

Dimitrijević believes that ethnic minorities in Serbia are seriously and gravely discriminated against when he says: "Serbs are number one, especially those who have managed to declare themselves 'great Serbs'. Members of minorities are second rate citizens who, unlike Serbs, must continuously prove their allegiance to the state."

Not only that, but Dimitrijević believes that in our country it is "better to be religious than atheist, Christian than non-Christian, Orthodox if Christian."

He further claims that this discrimination is "not only the case in practice," but also, "legally."

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