“Although Serbs have their representatives in the Kosovo Assembly, e.g. Srpska Lista, no one advocates for the interests of the Serbian community. They are left on their own,” Helsinki Human Rights Committee in Serbia said in a report, presented in Pristina yesterday, Radio KIM reports.
The report includes researches carried out from October to December 2018, and is based on interviews with respondents of different ages and from different parts of Kosovo.
Izabela Kisic from Helsinki Committee said the report is marked with changing circumstances, such as interruption of the Brussels dialogue and talks about delineation.
“We have visited all the municipalities where Serbs live, spoke with more than 40 interlocutors, we have also spoken with interlocutors in Pristina, and some other places in Kosovo, as well as with representatives of the international community. This report is a result of all these talks,” Kisic noted.
The report notes that an attempt to impose the division of Kosovo as a solution has caused certain confusion, insecurity and uncertainty when it comes to the future of the Serbian community, in particular south of the Ibar River. It also added, that the Serb community south of the Ibar River feels deserted, in particular after the possible partition was announced, and this part of Kosovo “feels like a hostage of Mitrovica North and Belgrade.”
The report can be read at: https://www.helsinki.org.rs/doc/kosovo%202019%20eng.pdf?fbclid=IwAR02pOg2JGbJsJbsIAVdJxbBcCv4Z6lNHXESJNtSFOzcZs5ByW8uOG39ZdU