Obraz (organization)

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Obraz
Образ
Serbian irredentism[7]
  • Antisemitism[8]
    • Political positionFar-right[9][10]
    ReligionSerbian Orthodox Church
    Party flag
    Website
    obraz.rs (archived)

    Obraz (

    political organization in Serbia.[11][12] The Constitutional Court of Serbia banned Obraz in 2012, although it shortly after re-registered under a similar name.[13]

    The organization is classified as

    Yugoslav National Movement Zbor.[18][19][20]

    Activities

    The current leader of Obraz, Mladen Obradović
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    In late 2001 they staged the First Assembly of the Orthodox-National Youth at the

    Belgrade University
    after 1944. Participants in the Assembly were members of society "Sveti Justin Filozof", Serbian Assembly "Dveri"[
    Serb folk-costumes. The Assembly also called on reconciliation between followers of Draža Mihailović
    , and dissemination of their ideas in schools.

    Obraz praised war criminal indictees Ratko Mladić and Radovan Karadžić: "We salute the last of Serb heroes! Gen. Ratko Mladić [...] and Dr. Radovan Karadžić [...] led Bosnian Serbs in their fight for survival; we thank the great men for their sacrifices with a hope that our pages will strike a spark of inspiration for future generations."[18]

    According to Professor Dr. Ljubiša Rajić, the message on the Obraz' web site: "re-hashes old ideas of

    Serb nationalism
    , the far-right parties and some Serbian Orthodox priests”.

    Pride Parade that was ultimately banned by the state.[21]

    But that anti-LGBT sentiment[22] is characteristic also of other organizations, like Fatherland Front "Obraz", which according to Nebojša M. Krstić, president of movement "verbally fights against abuses of human rights committed for the sake of legalization of sexually deviant homosexuals and lesbians and numerous sects in our country"[citation needed] Members of the organization chanted "Death to faggots" (Serbian: Смрт педерима).[23]

    In February 2008, Obraz symbols were displayed at a Kosovo Serb rally in the northern part of the city of

    Gay Pride Parade in Belgrade.[26]

    On 11 July 2009, after the burial of 543 victims in

    Chetnik movement, calling for eradication of Islam".[27]

    Legal status

    On 28 February 2009, the Human and Minority Rights Ministry of Serbia sought to close Obraz and submitted an initiative to look into the legality of its work.[28][29]

    In 2011, Obraz was submitted to the constitutional court of Serbia to be forbidden as an extremist organization and to prevent its registration under a different name.[30][31][32] The leader of this organization Mladen Obradović is accused for calls for lynch of the LGBT population in Serbia in 2009 and 2010.[22] He was convicted for 10 months sentence for threatening LGBT people at the pride parade in 2009.[33] He was also convicted for 2 years for the same crimes at the 2010 pride parade.[33][34]

    On 12 June 2012, the Constitutional Court of Serbia declared Obraz illegal.[35]

    Literature

    • Byford, J.T. (2002). Christian right-wing organisations and the spreading of anti-Semitic prejudice in post-Miloševic Serbia: The case of the Dignity Patriotic Movement. East European Jewish Affairs, Vol. 32(2), 42–60.

    References

    1. ^ Bakić, Jovo (February 2013). Right-Wing Extremism in Serbia. p. 3.
    2. ^ "Facing Far Right Extremism In Serbia". Eurasia Review. 17 November 2011.
    3. ^ "Serbia's Radical Right and Homophobia". Unique. 11 January 2014.
    4. ^ Serbia and Montenegro: Country Report October 2003. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. October 2003. p. 28.
    5. ^ Ilić, Vladimir (May 2012). Temerin: Sadašnjost ili Budućnost Vojvodine. p. 5.
    6. ^ Serbia Chronicle 2 - Ethnic tensions in Serbia. Belgrade: Citizens Network For Peace, Reconciliation and Human Security. May 2013. p. 2.
    7. ^ Radicalization: A Constant Threat to Democratic Forces. Belgrade: Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia. October 2009. p. 2.
    8. ^ Serbia and Montenegro: Country Report October 2003. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. October 2003. p. 51.
    9. ^ "Serbia Bans Far-Right Organisation Obraz". BIRN. 12 June 2012.
    10. ^ Bakić, Jovo (February 2013). Right-Wing Extremism in Serbia. p. 2.
    11. ^ "Desničarska organizacija Obraz zaobišla ustavnu zabranu". Radio Slobodna Evropa (in Serbo-Croatian).
    12. ^ "I "Obraz" u referendumskoj kampanji - Politika - Dnevni list Danas". Danas (in Serbian). 12 January 2022.
    13. ^ TV, Insajder (6 December 2017). "Zabranjeni Obraz deluje pod drugim imenom, vlast ne reaguje". insajder.net (in Serbian).
    14. ^ "Prvi zvaničan spisak neonacista". B92.net (in Serbian). 10 December 2010.
    15. ^ "I Obraz najavio šetnju 7. oktobra". B92.net (in Serbian). 28 September 2007.
    16. ^ "Zabranite ekstremističke grupe". B92.net (in Serbian). 21 December 2005.
    17. ^ "B92". Archived from the original on 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2014-08-10.
    18. ^
      ISBN 978-3-03735-912-9
      .
    19. ^ "Obraz na promociji knjige Peščanika". B92.net. 2 December 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
    20. ^ M.Maričić, Slobodan. "ŠTA JE OTAČASTVENI POKRET OBRAZ ?". Akademediasrbija.com. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
    21. ^ "Unacceptable ban of Belgrade Pride 2009 - Regionalni centar za manjine". Minoritycentre.org. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
    22. ^ a b ""Obraz", pozivi na linč i posledice". B92.net. 3 June 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
    23. ^ Петровић, Александра (14 December 2011). "Образ" пред Уставним судом". Politika Online. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
    24. Radio Free Europe
      , 29 February 2008
    25. TIME Magazine
      , 21 February 2008
    26. ^ Serbian gay parade is called off, BBC News, 19 September 2009
    27. ^ "Controversial group in Srebrenica incident". B92.net. 13 July 2009. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012.
    28. ^ "Ministry in bid to shut down Obraz". B92.net. 28 February 2009. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013.
    29. ^ "Obraz "ne primećuje" neonacizam". B92.net. 28 February 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
    30. ^ "Posle Stroja, slede Obraz i 1389?". B92.net. 6 March 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
    31. ^ Zorić, Ognjen (14 December 2011). "Da li će Ustavni sud zabraniti "Obraz"". Radio Slobodna Evropa. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
    32. ^ http://www.dnevnik.rs/hronika/treba-li-zabraniti-obraz [dead link]
    33. ^ a b "Vođi "Obraza" 10 meseci zatvora". B92.net. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
    34. ^ "Minimalne kazne za "obrazovce"". B92.net. 20 April 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
    35. ^ "Ustavni sud Srbije zabranio "Obraz"". B92.net. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2017.

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