School Employees in Kosovo Kamenica Protest Detention of Two Directors

Employees from multiple schools in Kosovo Kamenica, where instruction is conducted in Serbian, staged a half-hour silent protest on Thursday. The demonstration was held to express opposition to the recent arrests of two school directors in Kosovo Kamenica and Strezovc.

The protest took place in front of the Gymnasium, the Technical High School, and the "Desanka Maksimović" Primary School. As a result of the directors' detentions, classes were suspended in these institutions, even though Thursday marked the final day of the school year for primary education.

Gathering outside their respective institutions, the employees conveyed their disapproval of the police actions and called for the immediate release of their detained colleagues. The directors of the "Bratstvo" Primary School in Strezovc and the "Desanka Maksimović" Primary School in Kosovo Kamenica were arrested the previous day and placed in 48-hour detention.

The Office for Kosovo and Metohija reported that special police units, heavily armed, first entered the directors' homes, conducting searches that caused significant distress and fear among family members, particularly children. Subsequently, police entered the "Bratstvo" school and seized educational documents without legal justification.