Belgrade, June 6th 2023 On the occasion of the arrest of journalist, activist, director and lawyer, Boško Savković, who was ordered detention for up to 30 days for the criminal offense of calling for a violent change of the constitutional order, we, the undersigned organizations, whose...
On Tuesday, April 11, 2023, a guilty verdict was delivered in the last criminal case against Aladin Paučinac, an activist who led protests against the health authorities in the Serbian city of Novi Pazar due to their mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic. Paučinac was convicted...
Belgrade, March 16, 2023 The "Three Freedoms" Platform considers the targeting and intimidation campaigns, which call for the lynching of political opponents, civil society and members of the academic community, through posters and graffiti in Serbian cities and televisions with a license for national coverage, to...
Belgrade, 3 February, 2023 - Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia 20 January - 2 February, 2023 In the observed period, several cases of violations of basic rights and freedoms were documented in Serbia. Threatening leaflets, signed by the extreme right-wing organization "Naši", were thrown in the courtyard of...
Belgrade, December 21, 2022 The constant cycle of escalation and de-escalation in relations between Kosovo and Serbia represents a failure of political imagination. The energy taken up in contending with the latest crisis distracts from the mountain of pressing issues which directly impact the day to day...
Civic Initiatives are inviting you to the presentation of the assessment report Dealing with the past, surviving the present: Situation and needs of civilian war victims in Serbia, Kosovo and North Macedonia, December 2, at 12h, in EU Info Centre, Kralja Milana 7, Belgrade. This study...
15 November 2022 Civil society organisations from Kosovo and Serbia have expressed their support for Miodrag Milićević from NGO Aktiv, who was verbally and physically assaulted by a member of Kosovo Police special units in the vicinity of the Jarinje crossing in north Kosovo. On 14th November, Miodrag Milićević...
Belgrade, 27 October, 2022 - Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia 14 - 27 October, 2022 The previous observed period was marked by environmental protests in Novi Sad. On several occasions, activists were exposed to the use of physical force by members of the police, as a result...
Belgrade, 30 September, 2022 - Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia 19 - 29 September, 2022 The observed period from September 19 to 29, 2022 was marked by numerous violations of basic and human rights and freedoms. A journalist from the portal "Pančevo.Si.Ti" experienced death threats after unknown persons...
Belgrade, September 30, 2022. Civil society organizations gathered around the "Three Freedoms" Platform demand an immediate reaction by the institutions to allegations of violence by the police against environmental activists protesting against the mining of Starica Mountain in Majdanpek, including beatings, forcing confessions and preventing contact...
