In regards to the recent events in Sandzak, in connection with the Islamic community, nongovernmental organizations from Tutin - Impuls, Ruka, Fotos, Alternative Cultural Center, MAG and Gest - are expressing serious concern and condemnation of all the structures that have brought about this sequence of events. We want to hold accountable all the local authorities, as well as the Islamic community, but also the government of the Republic of Serbia, security services, and all the regime media.
It is clear that we are dealing with a staged political conflict with the goal of establishing control over institutions and the lives of the citizens of Sandzak.
We, supporters of peace, nonviolent conflict resolution, democracy, human rights and women’s human rights, demand an end to ethnic and religious divisions, the production of hatred and chaos, the interference of religious communities into state affairs and state interference into the life and organization of religious communities.
We invite the public to resist the pressures of pledging loyalties and manipulation by individuals and groups who are trying to retain political power and control at the expense of the basic tenets of democracy.
In Tutin, 08.10.2007.
1. Impuls – Tutin
2. Ruka –Tutin
3. Fotos-Tutin
4. Alternative cultural center-Tutin
5. Gest-Tutin
6. MAG –Tutin
7. Anima – Kotor
8. SOS telephone for women and children victims of violence – Vlasotince
9. Women in Black – Beograd
10. Women in Black Network in Serbia from Kikinda, Vrbas, Novi Sad, Becej, Bor, Zajecar, Vlasotince, Leskovac, Vranje, Velika Plana, Kruševac, Kraljevo, Novig Pazar, Nis, Pancevo.
