It is unacceptable, they state, that sports fields, which should be places of fair play and promotion of healthy values, are used to spread hatred, national intolerance and glorify those responsible for the most serious crimes in the modern history of Europe.
"Chanting the name of a war criminal is a direct insult to all victims of genocide and crimes against humanity, but also to all citizens of Montenegro who strive for a civil society, peace and coexistence."
"We call on the competent authorities to prosecute those responsible in accordance with the Law on Public Order and Peace, as well as the Criminal Code of Montenegro, which prohibits inciting national, racial and religious hatred," they said in a statement.
They demand that the Basketball Association of Montenegro (KSCG) impose the harshest sanctions on the organizer of the match and the host club.
"Silence towards such phenomena can only be interpreted as tacit approval of chauvinism."
Such incidents poison youth and create an atmosphere of insecurity for athletes and fans who come from smaller ethnic groups.
"Montenegro, as a country on the path to the European Union, must not allow a return to the rhetoric of the 1990s. Fascist chants and the glorification of executioners must have no place in the stands or in our society," the Bosniak Council in Montenegro states.
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