EXIT festival in Serbia - 12-15 July 2007
Submitted by Nikki on 10 July, 2007 - 15:42.
enjoy
All Different – All Equal Campaign partners with the the 7th edition of the EXIT festival. Diversity, equality and tolerance are the main themes of the event! Ms. Lauryn Hill, Beastie Boys, Robert Plant, Snoop Dogg, Tanya Stephens, The Prodigy, Wu-Tang Clan are scheduled to appear.
The EXIT festival came into being in the year 2000 as an act of rebellion against the regime of Slobodan Milošević, that had for years been keeping Serbia out of touch with the outside world. The festival became an act of protest to the imposed nationalism, xenophobia, censorship and repression. Since that time, the festival has been organized yearly and has rapidly gained international recognition. Each time, the event gathered famous musicians on the stage and thousands of people in the public. The festival proves that music is a universal language that can connect and bring people together.
This year, the programme includes a number of activities focused on the Campaign topics, among them:
- March of Diversity (organized everyday by the activists of the Campaign)
- Diversity photo project
- Devising theatre activities concerning human rights, fight against discrimination, xenophobia etc.
- Survey titled: “What makes Serbia different and what makes it equal with other countries in Europe?”
- White panel titled: “How should land of equality look like?”
- Panel discussions
- Interactive workshops
- Art activities: outdoor painting, exhibitions, face painting
- Movie installation
- Press conferences
- Promotional products delivery
More information: http://eng.exitfest.org/
| » Login or register to post comments | send to friend |
Campaigners attacked in Serbia - local media reports
VIP daily bulletin
Hooligans Attacked Participants of Campaign for Equality in Novi Sad
In Novi Sad, a group of ten hooligans attacked and beaten up on Thursday afternoon activists of the campaign “All different – all equal” that is being promoted during the festival EXIT in Vojvodina’s capital.
The hooligans attacked activists in Dunavski Park, in the very center of the city, and the incident was soon reported to the police, TV B92 reported.
Two injured activists, one of them from Israel, were kept in hospital.
Despite the fact that Novi Sad has the reputation of being a cosmopolitan city inhabited by over 20 nations, this town has become in the past fifteen years a sort of the center for skinheads and similar groups of hooligans and troublemakers.
The festival EXIT, seventh in order, started on Thursday evening on Petrovaradin fortress by a concert of the band Prodigy. According to media reports, over 20,000 visitors who came from European countries are in Novi Sad for the festival.
FONET NEWS AGENCY
Attack of the hooligans on activists in Novi Sad
Novi Sad, July 12 (Fonet) – During the promotion of the campaign “All Different-All Equal” in Novi Sad a group of hooligans attacked the campaign activists.
Campaign’s PR officer Biljana Simonovic told B92 that the participants of the march were passing through a park down town and animating people when they were attacked by a group of six bold young men. One of the participants who was walking on stools was pushed down and sustained head and arm injuries, she said adding that five more people sustained light injuries.
Spokesman of the Novi Sad police Stevan Krstic confirmed to B92 that the attack happened downtown and that the police are establishing the facts.
He said some of the activists sustained light injuries and announced police will soon issue a statement.
Campaign “All Different-All Equal” is conducted in several European countries and will hold two panel discussions about the anti-discriminatory law and the campaign itself during the Exit festival.
7th Exit festival opened today with the acrobatics spectacle of Akro group Stars from Novi Sad who flew above the town in four “Galeb” jet planes.
Around 400 artists from all over the world, performing on 24 stages, will entertain tens of thousands music fans.
Novi Sad Radio 021
PROCESSION ATTACKED
“Procession of diversity”, part of the “All Different-All Equal Campaign” has been attacked in the Danube Park in Novi Sad. According to unofficial information, a group of young men attacked two Israelis who were on stools and in the procession. One person sustained serious injuries while another light. Police report is expected.
General Manager of this youth campaign Michael Raphael was also in the procession. The campaign “All Different-All Equal”, initiated by the Council of Europe last year, is conducted during the Exit festival to promote richness in diversity.