After OHR, protests near the US Embassy today

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - Citizens who organized protests in front of the OHR last week have scheduled peaceful protests near the US Embassy in Sarajevo for today, starting at 10 AM. The exact gathering location is the Historical Museum. 

One of the protest participants who was at a meeting at the OHR seven days ago, Suad Đozić, said that they are satisfied with the protests in front of the OHR because the citizens' voice was heard and reached the advisor Christian Schmidt, but that they will continue to insist on a reaction aimed at protecting the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Citizens' demands:

- We, the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, believe in friendship with the United States of America and expect President Biden's help in preserving the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which are currently facing an open institutional attack, including threats of force.

- We ask you to send experts who will demand that institutions protect the human and all other rights of citizens, not to trade with political leaders who do not recognize the judgments of international courts (International Court of Justice, European Court of Human Rights, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia...)

- We demand that the international General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina not be changed partially but substantially, based on clear principles that will include the values we have had for centuries as a multi-cultural society.

- We welcome the Principles for Amending the BiH Constitution drafted by the non-governmental organizations VKBI, HNV, SGV, and the Forum of BiH Parliamentarians. We demand equal rights and equal responsibility for every citizen of BiH.

- The citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina will not allow the constitutional order to be changed by force.

The organizers emphasized that they are aware that protests at 10 AM on a weekday cannot have high attendance as people are working, but institutions are closed on weekends. They also invited students to join, especially considering that their faculty is nearby and all they need to do is "cross the street".