Belgrade, October 30, 2025 Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia October 17 – October 30, 2025 In the previous two weeks, the police repeatedly interfered with citizens at public gatherings. First, they stopped a convoy of students from Novi Pazar and on that occasion they searched the vehicle...
Belgrade, October 16, 2025 Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia October 3 – October 16, 2025 In the observed period, several attacks were recorded on journalistic teams reporting from gatherings of supporters of the government. What is particularly worrying is the fact that journalists were attacked by police...
Belgrade, September 18, 2025 Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia September 5 – September 18, 2025 Another brutal police intervention against peaceful citizens was recorded in Novi Sad on September 5. During the police action, a huge amount of tear gas was thrown, and the policemen themselves were...
Belgrade, September 4, 2025 Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia August 22 – September 4, 2025 Ten months after the fall of the canopy, Novi Sad was the site of an unnecessary police intervention aimed at peacefully gathered citizens. After the commemorative walk, part of the crowd walked...
Belgrade, August 21, 2025 Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia August 8 – August 21, 2025 Violence on the streets across Serbia has escalated in the last two weeks. At first, the SNS supporters started attacking the citizens, and then the police took over the baton and continued...
Belgrade, August 7, 2025 Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia July 25 – August 7, 2025 A serious incident occurred in Novi Pazar when a group of violent, masked men broke into the State University of Novi Pazar in the early morning hours and began beating and throwing...
Widespread civil disobedience met with brutality and detentions State providing support and legal protection to violent goons Alarming uptick in surveillance and intimidation of activists Johannesburg, 30 July 2025 – The CIVICUS Monitor has once again placed Serbia on its Watchlist of countries experiencing a...
Belgrade, 28 July 2025 Violation of Fundamental Human Rights in Serbia11-24 July 2025 Citizens, students, and activists in Serbia are facing daily repression and pressure. In various cities, there is a growing number of detentions and ID checks, often without legal basis, while misdemeanor charges and fines...
SKOPJE, NORTH MACEDONIA – July 17, 2025 – The Balkan Civil Society Development Network (BCSDN) released its eleventh annual Monitoring Matrix Report on the Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development, providing a comprehensive, evidence-based assessment of the state of civic freedoms across the Western Balkans...
July 22, 2025 Civic Initiatives warns the public about the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Textbooks, which will cement political control over education in Serbia, and calls on the Government of Serbia to withdraw the proposal from parliamentary procedure. By introducing “textbooks of national...
