Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p 2013 Anti-Cyrillic protests in Croatia is a series of protests against application of bilingualism officially introduced in 2009 in town of Vukovar when Serbian language and Serbian Cyrillic alphabet were assigned co-official status due to local minority population. Implementation of decision become mandatory after 2011 Croatian census according to which Serbs in Vukovar make up more than one-third (34.8%) of Vukovar total population. The signs in Serbian Cyrillic alphabet had been put up because of Constitutional Law on National Minorities rights that makes bilingual signs mandatory in any area where more than one-third of the population belongs to an ethnic minority. This decision became subject of criticism of some groups of Croatian war veterans and ordinary citizens who believe that due to events from war (Battle of Vukovar), town should be excluded from application of law on minority rights. Serbs of Croatia is minority group that have most narrower usage of right to bilingualism among all national minorities in Croatia.Group called HQs for defense of Croatian Vukovar started protest rallies on 2 September as soon as the placing of signs written in both the Latin and the Cyrillic script began in Vukovar. With protests in Vukovar, in April 2013 there was also organized protests in Zagreb's main square with around 20 000 participants. Parallel protests were held in Tovarnik, Bogdanovci, Lovas and Nuštar. A number of signs in Serbian Cyrillic alphabet were torn down, others were smashed with hammers, while protesters clashed with the police, leaving four officers slightly injured. Some of supporters of protesters not directly connected to organizers organized actions of writing pro-fascist Ustaše graffiti on Church of the Holy Annunciation in Dubrovnik and in city of Zadar.. }
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- 2013_Anti-Cyrillic_protests_in_Croatia abstract "2013 Anti-Cyrillic protests in Croatia is a series of protests against application of bilingualism officially introduced in 2009 in town of Vukovar when Serbian language and Serbian Cyrillic alphabet were assigned co-official status due to local minority population. Implementation of decision become mandatory after 2011 Croatian census according to which Serbs in Vukovar make up more than one-third (34.8%) of Vukovar total population. The signs in Serbian Cyrillic alphabet had been put up because of Constitutional Law on National Minorities rights that makes bilingual signs mandatory in any area where more than one-third of the population belongs to an ethnic minority. This decision became subject of criticism of some groups of Croatian war veterans and ordinary citizens who believe that due to events from war (Battle of Vukovar), town should be excluded from application of law on minority rights. Serbs of Croatia is minority group that have most narrower usage of right to bilingualism among all national minorities in Croatia.Group called HQs for defense of Croatian Vukovar started protest rallies on 2 September as soon as the placing of signs written in both the Latin and the Cyrillic script began in Vukovar. With protests in Vukovar, in April 2013 there was also organized protests in Zagreb's main square with around 20 000 participants. Parallel protests were held in Tovarnik, Bogdanovci, Lovas and Nuštar. A number of signs in Serbian Cyrillic alphabet were torn down, others were smashed with hammers, while protesters clashed with the police, leaving four officers slightly injured. Some of supporters of protesters not directly connected to organizers organized actions of writing pro-fascist Ustaše graffiti on Church of the Holy Annunciation in Dubrovnik and in city of Zadar.".