Assaulted Roma boy awarded compensation
29 August 2007
Niš Municipal Court has awarded Dragiša Ajdarević compensation for the pain he suffered during an attack in April 2000.
The court ruling instructed Oliver Marković and Nataša Stojanović to pay 150,000 RSD (EUR 1,875) each to Ajdarević as compensation for mental and physical pain he suffered when a group of the so-called skinheads attacked him in 2000.
The Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) filed a compensation lawsuit on behalf of the victim on March 7, 2006.
The HLC said in a statement today that it will appeal against the ruling on the grounds that the amount Ajdarević had been awarded was insufficient and did not constitute compensation for the pain he had suffered as a victim of a serious racist incident.
On the night of April 8, 2000, Ajdarević, a fifteen-year-old boy at the time, was on his way back from a store with his friend Miloš Stamenković, when he was confronted by a group of young skinheads in Niš.
As they were passing by, one of the group asked him out loud: “Hey, you! Are you a Gypsy?” Soon after, the entire group surrounded Ajdarević and started punching and kicking him in the head and all over his body.
A girl from the group, later identified as Nataša Stojanović, threw an empty bottle at Dragiša but missed him because he ducked. After beating him, the skinheads tore off his jacket and his T-shirt, leaving him half naked. Also, they shouted insults at him saying: “Gypsy, what are you doing in Serbia?”
In the meantime, Dragiša’s friend had fled the scene and informed his father, Nebojša Ajdarević, of the incident. He quickly came to the store together with his wife and daughter and found Dragiša lying on the ground.
At that moment one of the attackers shouted: “Hey, Gypsies, what are you doing here? This is not your country!”, and proceeded to attack Nebojša Ajdarević as well. However, he fought back and they ran away.
Niš Municipal Court has awarded Dragiša Ajdarević compensation for the pain he suffered during an attack in April 2000.
The court ruling instructed Oliver Marković and Nataša Stojanović to pay 150,000 RSD (EUR 1,875) each to Ajdarević as compensation for mental and physical pain he suffered when a group of the so-called skinheads attacked him in 2000.
The Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) filed a compensation lawsuit on behalf of the victim on March 7, 2006.
The HLC said in a statement today that it will appeal against the ruling on the grounds that the amount Ajdarević had been awarded was insufficient and did not constitute compensation for the pain he had suffered as a victim of a serious racist incident.
On the night of April 8, 2000, Ajdarević, a fifteen-year-old boy at the time, was on his way back from a store with his friend Miloš Stamenković, when he was confronted by a group of young skinheads in Niš.
As they were passing by, one of the group asked him out loud: “Hey, you! Are you a Gypsy?” Soon after, the entire group surrounded Ajdarević and started punching and kicking him in the head and all over his body.
A girl from the group, later identified as Nataša Stojanović, threw an empty bottle at Dragiša but missed him because he ducked. After beating him, the skinheads tore off his jacket and his T-shirt, leaving him half naked. Also, they shouted insults at him saying: “Gypsy, what are you doing in Serbia?”
In the meantime, Dragiša’s friend had fled the scene and informed his father, Nebojša Ajdarević, of the incident. He quickly came to the store together with his wife and daughter and found Dragiša lying on the ground.
At that moment one of the attackers shouted: “Hey, Gypsies, what are you doing here? This is not your country!”, and proceeded to attack Nebojša Ajdarević as well. However, he fought back and they ran away.
Labels: Gypsy Children, Gypsy Violence, Serbia
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