Zagreb Pride 2009

Organizacijski odbor

 

Zagreb, 15. lipnja 2009.
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OSUDA POLICIJSKOG POSTUPANJA

Organizaciji odbor Zagreb Pridea izražava svoje nezadovoljstvo postupanjem policije uoči i tijekom ovogodišnje Povorke ponosa LGBTIQ osoba. Policija je počinila više kršenja ljudskih i građanskih prava, dopustila neustavni fašistički skup, govor mržnje i drastično snizila demokratske standarde javnog okupljanja koje smo u posljednjim godinama u zajedničkom radu i suradnji s policijom bili uspostavili.

   1. Hrvatska policija i ministar unutrašnjih poslova dozvolili su odražavanje nasilnog i neustavnog skupa protiv nas, građanki i građana Republike Hrvatske. U danima prije Povorke mi, druge organizacije civilnog društva i neke političke stranke upozoravali smo da je skup, na način i porukama kojima je najavljen, skup koji očevidno promiče i veliča fašizam, neonacizam i ustaštvo i poziva na govor mržnje. Na Trgu je konačno svima postalo jasno da smo bili u pravu i da je dozvoljen skup koji se otvoreno zalaže protiv ustavnog poretka Republike Hrvatske. Pitamo se bi li hrvatska policija dozvolila skup koji je najavljen kao antižidovski, antisrpski ili možda antiromski?  Smatramo da MUP nije reagirao u skladu sa zakonom i dozvolom tzv. "antigay skupa" legaliziralo otvoreno iskazivanje mržnje i fašizma.
 
   2. Na Trgu bana Jelačića na pozive na ubojstvo i govor mržnje (skandiranje "Ubij, ubij pedera!", "Pedere u logore"...) policija nije reagirala u skladu sa Zakonom o javnom okupljanju, već samo u nekoliko izdvojenih slučajeva ali tek po Zakonu o javnom redu i miru. S glavnog gradskog trga orili su se pozivi mržnje i smrti i nitko zbog toga nije odgovarao. Policija isto tako nije reagirala niti na neke građane izvan zone tog skupa na Trgu bana Jelačića, koji su se također služili govorom mržnje,  koji su pljuvali na svoje sugrađane/ke u Povorci ponosa te na njih bacali predmete (limenke i jedan stari mobitel). Također, neki sudionici su za vrijeme skupa, na javnom prostoru konzumirali alkoholna pića (protivno Zakonu o javnom okupljanju).

    3. Policija je ove godine Zagreb Pride povorci ograničavala ustavno pravo na slobodu okupljanja te je na sve načine nastojala onemogućiti voditelju Povorke da je zaustavlja i obraća se građanima/kama, kao što je to praksa već godinama na Prideu i drugim skupovima. Takvo ponašanje policije apsolutno je neprihvatljivo i protuzakonito, te ćemo napraviti sve što je u skladu s našim mogućnostima da se takva praksa nikada ne ponovi.

O svemu navedenom izvijestiti ćemo relevantne domaće i europske institucije, Europsku komisiju, veleposlanstva zemalja EU, Europski parlament i Vijeće Europe. Podsjećamo da je Hrvatskoj blokirano upravo poglavlje Pravosuđe i ljudska prava i da se subotnjim postupanjem MUP-a poslala slika policije koja dopušta fašističke skupove, govor mržnje i ograničava javno okupljanje mirnih i nenasilnih građana.

OSUDA NASILJA

Zagreb Pride najoštrije osuđuje fizički napad na učesnika Povorke ponosa, našeg poznanika i prijatelja, koji je oko 17:30 vraćajući se s skupa, prvo izvrijeđan, a zatim i pretučen, i to nedaleko od vlastitog doma. Od policije očekujemo da banda koja ga je, očito planirano, pratila i pretukla, bude pronađena, kazneno gonjena po osnovi zločina iz mržnje, te da se ispita povezanost počinitelja ovog zločina s grupama koje su istovremeno Zagreb Prideu na Trgu bana Jelačića organizirale svoj skup i pozivale na nasilje .  

Pozivamo predsjednika Republike Hrvatske, predsjednika Vlade RH, čelnike institucija, Pravobraniteljstva i političke stranke da javno i bez ustezanja osude nasilje i imenuju ga zločinom iz mržnje potaknutom homofobijom.

OCJENA PRIDEA

Ovogodišnji „Zagreb Pride za otvoreni grad– „Sudjeluj!" bio je brojnošću nedvojbeno najveća Povorka ponosa do sada dosada – 700-800 sudionika i sudionica! Osmi put pokazali smo i dokazali čitavom našem društvu što je  mirno okupljanje, pokazali smo svoje dostojanstvo, hrabrost i ponos unatoč zastrašivanju i izdanoj dozvoli za nedemokratski i protuustavni skup na Trgu bana Jelačića.  


Za Zagreb Pride 2009.

Franko Dota

Marko Jurčić

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ZAGREB PRIDE 2009
ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE


Zagreb, June 15, 2009

Press release:



The Zagreb Pride Organizational Committee would like to express its dissatisfaction with police conduct before and during the Pride March of LGBTIQ persons. The police violated human and civil rights on multiple occasions, permitted an unconstitutional fascist gathering, permitted hate speech and, therefore, drastically decreased democratic standards of public assembly that have been established in the past years through work and cooperation with the police.

   1. The Croatian Police and the Minister of Interior Affairs allowed for the violent and unconstitutional gathering to be held against us, citizens of the Republic of Croatia. We have, along with other civil society organizations and some political parties, during the days before the Pride March, warned that the gathering, according to the method and messages it promoted when announced, obviously promotes and glorifies fascism, neo-nacism, the ustashe and calls for hate speech. When we reached the Main Square, it became clear to everyone that we were right and that the gathering that was granted permission openly advocates against the constitutional order of the Republic of Croatia. We would like to know if the Croatian Police would issue permission for a gathering that was announced as anti-Jewish, anti-Serbian or maybe anti-Roma? We hold that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not react in accordance with laws and that through permitting the «anti-gay gathering» it legalized the open expression of hatred and fascism.

   2. The police did not react in accordance with the Law on Public Assembly in the cases of the call for murder and hate speech (chanting «Kill, kill faggots», «Faggots to concentration camps»...) on Ban Jelačić Square. The police reacted only to a few incidents and only in accordance to the Law on Public Order. No one was held responsible for the calls for hatred and death which took place at the main city square. The Police also did not react to some citizens outside of the area of that gathering on Ban Jelačić Square who also used hate speech, spat on their fellow citizens in the Pride March and threw objects (cans and one old cell phone). Also, some participants of that gathering were publicly consuming alcoholic beverages (contrary to the Law on Public Assembly).

   3. This year, the police limited the constitutional right to freedom of assembly of the Zagreb Pride March. It constantly tried to prevent the leader of the March from stopping and addressing the citizens, which has been a practice during Pride and other gatherings for years. This type of police conduct is completely unacceptable and illegal, and we will therefore do everything in our capacity to ensure this conduct will never happen again.

All of this information will be reported to the relevant domestic and European institutions; the European Commission, embassies of EU countries, the European Parliament and the Council of Europe. We would like to remind you that Croatia has been blocked in the accession process due to the chapter on Judiciary and Fundamental Rights. On Saturday, the conduct of the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent a message about police that permits fascist gatherings, hate speech and limits the freedom of public assembly of the peaceful and non-violent citizens. 

Zagreb Pride condemns the physical attack on a participant of Pride March, our friend, who was first verbally harassed and then beaten up not far away from his home at around 5:30 pm, when coming back from the assembly. We expect the police to find the gang that obviously planned the attack as he was followed and to criminally prosecute the perpetrators on the basis of hate crime and to investigate the connections between perpetrators of this crime with the groups that organized anti-gay gathering and called for violence.

We ask the president of the Republic of Croatia, the president of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, leaders of institutions, Ombudspersons offices and political parties to publicly and without hesitation condemn violence and identify the hate crimes committed which were instigated by homophobia.
 


This years' «Zagreb Pride for an Open City – Participate!» was undoubtedly the largest Pride March so far – 700-800 participants! We have shown and proved, for the eighth year in a row, to the entire society what a peaceful assembly is, by expressing our dignity, courage and pride despite intimidation and the permitting of an undemocratic and unconstitutional gathering on Ban Jelačić Square.
 

For Zagreb Pride 2009

Franko Dota
Marko Jurčić