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Opre Roma: What would have happened if a Serbian and not a Roma family had been attacked

May 10, 2025, 18:59 p.m S.Ć.
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The attack on the Roma family Gashi near Kraljevo is proof that fascism exists, regardless of the fact that we have just celebrated the 80th anniversary of the victory over it - Opra Roma assesses and asks how the public would behave if it were a Serbian family

That fascism is not dead, even though May 9 marked the 80th anniversary of the victory over fascism, is also shown by the attack on the Roma family Gashi in the village of Tavnik near Kraljevo, warns the civil movement Opre Roma.

Stevica Nikolić from Opra Roma believes that "if you are not ready to react when fascism knocks on the door of the Roma, then you are not against fascism", and this attitude is proven by the example of the Gashi family.

"In the village of Tavnik near Kraljevo, a Roma family's house was set on fire. Their mother was cursed because of her origin. A ten-month-old child was beaten. Residents were beaten. If you read the news without a location, you might think that you have gone back in time to America when the KKK clan burned down African-Americans' houses. However, it happened here in 2025. And the state is silent. The opposition is silent. The government is silent. Instead of justice, comes denial", believes Stevica Nikolić.

He asks where are all those who are against all violence now. "Why don't you raise your voice now? Is this less violence? Or not at all? Do we need permission?" and replies that their lack of response means they are "part of the problem."

"The way the institutions react coldly, slowly, suspiciously - is indicative. Not because they can't do better, but because they don't want to. So how can we admit as a society that a group of 20 people still want to evict someone because they are of a different nationality? Imagine how we would all feel if it was a Serbian family in the diaspora? Would the reactions be as slow and cautious as they are now? No, they certainly wouldn't be. Well, that's fascism, when your existence is not as important to the institutions and other citizens. When you are not equal even in tragedy."

That's why: "Serbia must remember its glorious anti-fascist past and clearly recognize who were its allies in the most difficult moments. There must be no room for lost sheep who follow ideologies of hatred that are foreign to this nation and will never be accepted. Such phenomena must be severely sanctioned not only by law, but also as a clear moral message that Serbia knows where it stands."

"The Roma are still true fighters against fascism because they oppose it every day," concludes Stevica Nikolić from Opra Roma.

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