The OSCE Mission in Kosovo condemns the latest act of vandalism on the memorial plaque of journalists Đuro Slavuj and Ranko Perenić in Velika Hoca/Hoçë e Madhe in Rahovec/Orahovac.
In June 2018, together with the Association of Journalists of Serbia registered in Kosovo and a group of journalists, the OSCE Mission participated in a ceremony to unveil the memorial plaque commemorating the two journalists that went missing in 1998 and were last seen on that site. saddened to read that the plaque has been removed and destroyed for the seventh time in the past five years.
Today, we are saddened to read that the plaque has been removed and destroyed for the seventh time in the past five years. These acts serve to undermine inter-community trust and dialogue, as well as the efforts to remember journalists who were lost while exercising their profession.
These acts serve to undermine inter-community trust and dialogue, as well as the efforts to remember journalists who were lost while exercising their profession.
