The Serbian Council of Australia have filed a formal complaint with the Human Rights Commission over Novak Djokovic.
A statement issued by the council claims that Djokovic’s recent row with Channel 9 broadcaster Tony Jones required the veteran broadcaster’s resignation.
“His comments are offensive, racist and only serve to incite further discrimination of Australian-Serbs,” the group said in a statement.
“We encourage the Australian Serbian community to write to the CEO of Nine…Please remember to write polite emails. We are a good community.”
Nina Markovic, a member of the council, said on ABC Radio that thee Human Rights Commission should investigate.
“We believe this could have been in breach of Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act and Section 20C of the Anti-Discrimination Act,” Dr Markovic said. “This is a real issue and these feelings are real, trauma is real.”
