Valley Albanians today protest discrimination from Serbia

The Albanian National Council in the Presevo Valley has announced that on Monday (August 12th), 11 o'clock, in the centre of Bujanoc will hold protests for Identity and Dignity!

Organisers of this protest report that nationwide protests will be held due to discrimination by Albanians on the part of Serbia's state.

With the motto, come on! For yourself! For those who are coming after us!, Albanian National Council Chairman Navzad Lutfiu, through a post on the social platform, Facebook, called for extensive participation in this peaceful gathering.

Let's protest, identity and dignity. Albanians in the Presevo Valley are continuing to face daily problems in realising their basic rights. Unable to get what belongs to us and being treated as second-hand citizens, it is time to raise our voices”, he said.

According to him, for the remaining agreements on paper on obligations they never made.

“For lack of English texts. For the closed doors of state institutions. For the denied possibilities. For lost chances. Albanians, as a people and a nation, deserve equal treatment and real opportunity. Silence means reconciliation. Let's go out and protest. Let's show we're unhappy. Ignored. discriminated against and oppressed. Let's raise our voices together. For dignity and identity. The organisational protest council “For Identity and Dinjity”, he wrote in “Facebook”

Even Presevo Mayor Ardita Sinani has called for today's protest in Bujanoc. According to her, this protest is held against oppression, discrimination committed to Albanians from official Belgrade.

It has invited citizens of the Presevo and Valley municipality to go out in protest of justice and equality, against oppression, discrimination and wrongdoing being committed by Belgrade.

Let's get together, no difference. To raise our voices. DINJITY IDENTS. The voice of discriminated Albanians. I'll meet you at the Bujanocy Square”, she wrote on Facebook.