The Bishops' Assembly of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) protest because of the situation in Kosovo.

Belgrade, May 06. 2010 (Serbia Today) - The assembly announced that it is concerned that the recent incidents were the “latest denial of freedom and violation of basic human rights of the Serbs and other ethnic non-Albanians in Kosovo by the unlawful and uncivilized removal of Serbian mobile network operators in most of Kosovo.”The statement, signed by Bishop Irinej, spokesperson of the Assembly, pointed out that the ethnic Albanian police has destroyed mobile network base stations in Serb villages and places where Serbs and other ethnic non-Albanians reside, putting human lives in danger. The church also expressed concern about the lives and freedom of Serb refugee returnees in the village of Žač and o ther places in Metohija where the Serbs are returning to their homes. The Assembly appealed to the Serbian government, international community in Kosovo, governments of Europe and the U.S. and to the United Nations to put a stop to "any kind of violence against the already afflicted and innocent people in this part of the Balkans and Europe, the cradle of the civilization and source of humanity's spiritual and material culture.”