Serbia: NGO asks for removal of pro-Mladic murales

The NGO Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) has requested the removal of murals and graffiti depicting and supporting Bosnian Serb wartime military chief Ratko Mladic in ten cities and towns across Serbia, according to regional television station N1.

According to a press release from that regional NGO network, local communal services are required to remove images of Mladic and other convicted war criminals, as well as other hate-based graffiti, such as the Z, which shows support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It stated that 308 requests were filed based on reports from locals during the NGO network's mural mapping campaign, which took place between September and December 2022.