Serb List: The Authorities in Pristina have once again shown disregard for the religious and civil rights of the Serbian People

The Serb List stated that the authorities in Pristina, on Vidovdan, the most significant national holiday for the Serbian people, demonstrated once again that they do not respect the religious and civil rights of the Serbian population.

According to the statement, Kosovo police detained more than 15 Serbs today, solely for carrying Serbian flags or wearing historical symbols on their clothing. Among those detained were young people who were peacefully and respectfully commemorating their national holiday.

“What is particularly disturbing is the fact that the Kosovo police even interrogated a twelve-year-old girl who was attending the Vidovdan celebrations. At the same time, in Gracanica, a municipality where over 95% of the population are Serbs, provocations occurred as a group carrying Albanian flags marched past the Gracanica Monastery, in the immediate presence of Kosovo police officers who failed to respond,” the statement reads.

They emphasized that such conduct represents an open attack on the basic human rights and freedoms of the Serbian people, and yet another indication that Kosovo police have become a tool of Albin Kurti for systematically targeting Serbs.

“The goal of such actions is clear – to intimidate the Serbs, to drive them out, and to erase every symbol of their identity and presence in Kosovo and Metohija,” they added.

The Serb List warned that the international community can no longer remain a silent observer to the persecution of an entire people.

“Remaining silent in the face of such actions amounts to complicity in the systematic oppression of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija,” the statement said.

They concluded that Vidovdan, a symbol of endurance, suffering, and faith of the Serbian people, was this year marked under pressure, threats, and arrests.

“But the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija will stay and endure. The Serb List stands with its people, determined to continue together the democratic and political struggle for survival, peace, and justice,” the statement concludes.