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The Human Rights House is concerned about the
constant violation of human rights of the activists of the
Association of Serbian-Chinese Friendship FDH by the Ministry of
Internal Affairs on the territory of Belgrade. The latest prevention
of assembly of activists and the organization of signing a petition
took place on the Republic Square in Belgrade on December 16, 2017
with the detention of 10 activists in the police for a period of 4
hours, due to which Jukom is now again submitting a constitutional
complaint. This prevention happened despite the first decision of
the Constitutional Court of Serbia on the violation of the
constitutional rights of Falun Dafa activists in October 2017. The
decision was made after three years from the China and 16 countries
Summit in Belgrade, when the police banned 3 duly announced public
assemblies. On that occasion 11 detainees from EU countries were
detained, who arrived in Belgrade to raise awareness of the
persecution of Falun Dafa in China and promote the EP Resolution on
the organ harvesting in China. To remind, activists were deported
from Serbia after 72 hours of retention.
The Constitutional Court has not yet ruled on the
constitutionality of several ban on activists of Falun Dafa during
the visit of the Chinese president to Serbia in 2016. Activists of
this movement are protesting peacefully in all European countries,
as a rule during visits of Chinese officials, since 1999, when the
Communist Party of China began the persecution of Falun Dafa. Also,
outside of Belgrade, their gatherings and protests are held without
any restrictions.
We appeal to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to
review the action against Falun Dafa activists and enable them to
exercise freedom of assembly and the right to petition in accordance
with the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia.
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