Brotherhood and unity (known locally as Bratstvo i jedinstvo or Bратство и јединство or Bratstvo in enotnost) was the catch phrase for the official policy of inter-ethnic relations in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It proscribed that all Yugoslav ethnic groups, Serbs, Croats, Bosniaks, Macedonians, Slovenes, Montenegrins, Albanians, Hungarians, Roma and others should coexist peacefully in the federation. A policy is a plan of action for tackling issues. ... An ethnic group is a group of people who identify with one another, or are so identified by others, on the basis of a boundary that distinguishes them from other groups. ... Official language Serbo-Croatian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, Bosnian, Macedonian Capital Belgrade Largest city Belgrade Area (1991)  - Total  - % water Ranked xxst 255,804 km² Negligible Population  - Total (2004)  - Density Ranked xxth 20,522,972 80/km² Currency Yugoslav dinar Time zone  - in summer CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) National anthem... Serbs (Serbian: Срби, Srbi) are a south Slavic people who live mainly in Serbia-Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in Croatia. ... Croats (Croatian: Hrvati) are a south Slavic people mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. ... Bosniaks (Bosnian: BoÅ¡njaci) are a South Slavic people living chiefly in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Sandžak region of Serbia and Montenegro, with smaller autochthonous populations also present in Kosovo and the Republic of Macedonia. ... Montenegrins are a South Slavic people who are primarily associated with the Republic of Montenegro. ... The Roma people (singular Rom; sometimes Rroma, Rrom), often referred to as gypsies, are a heterogeneous ethnic group who live primarily in Southern and Eastern Europe, Western Asia, Latin America, the southern part of the United States and the Middle East. ...

The policy was sustained by education, propaganda and repression. Open expression of ethnic nationalist or irredentist ideas was suppressed and punished according to severity, with sanctions ranging from reprimands and fines, to job loss, house arrest, imprisonment and exile. There are reports that nationalist sentiments of certain ethnic groups, in particular Albanians and Croats, were treated more severely than others, but these claims are controversial. It has been suggested that Propaganda in the United States be merged into this article or section. ... A repressed memory, according to some theories of psychology, a memory (often traumatic) of an event or environment which is stored by the unconscious mind but outside the awareness of the conscious mind. ... Nationalism is an ideology that creates and sustains a nation as a concept of a common identity for groups of humans. ... Irredentism is claiming a right to territories belonging to another state on the grounds of common ethnicity and/or prior historical possession, actual or alleged. ... A fine is money paid as a financial punishment for the commission of minor crimes or as the settlement of a claim. ... In justice and law, house arrest is the situation where a person is confined (by the authorities) to his or her residence. ... A prison is a place in which people are confined and deprived of a range of liberties. ... EXILE is a 6-member Japanese pop music band. ...

Several prominent persons from former Yugoslavia were imprisoned for activities which were deemed to threaten brotherhood and unity. Among them were the late former presidents of Bosnia Alija Izetbegović and of Croatia Franjo Tuđman, current Croatian president Stjepan Mesić, Croatian army general of Albanian descent Rahim Ademi and many others. One Kosovo Albanian was imprisoned for almost 30 years for criticising the position of Albanians in Yugoslavia. Bosnia and Herzegovina (officially Bosna i Hercegovina, shortened to BiH, also in English variously written Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bosnia-Hercegovina) is a mountainous country in the western Balkans. ... Grave of Alija Izetbegović in Sarajevo Alija Izetbegović (August 8, 1925 – October 19, 2003) was a Bosniak activist, lawyer, philosopher, and politician, president of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1990 to 1996 and member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1996 to 2000, and author of several books, most... Franjo TuÄ‘man (May 14, 1922 - December 10, 1999) was the first president of Croatia in the 1990s. ... Stjepan Stipe Mesić (born December 24, 1934) has been the President of the Republic of Croatia since 2000. ... Rahim Ademi (born January 30, 1954) is Croatian Army general of Kosovo-Albanian origin. ... For other uses, see Kosovo (disambiguation). ...

Throughout former Yugoslavia many factories, schools and sporting teams, as well as the Ljubljana-Zagreb-Beograd-Skopje highway (the highway across former Yugoslavia), used to be named "Brotherhood and unity". (help· info) (IPA: ) is the capital and largest city in Slovenia. ... Zagreb at night, from Sljeme Zagreb cathedral St. ... For other uses, see Belgrade (disambiguation). ... Skopje (Macedonian: Скопје, Albanian: Shkupi, see also other names of Skopje) is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Macedonia, as well as the political, cultural, economical and academic centre of the country. ...