Belgrade, January 17, 2025 Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia December 27 – January 16, 2025 Yesterday we witnessed the attempted murder of a student who participated in the protest. The disturbing moment of the young woman being hit by a car should not be seen in an...
January 16, 2025 Civic Initiatives have published a comprehensive report on the ongoing process for selecting members of the Council of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM), highlighting serious procedural irregularities, political pressures, and discrepancies in the qualifications of candidates and their proposers. The report, based...
Belgrade, December 26, 2024 Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia December 13 – December 26, 2024 Another challenging year is passing and towards its end the situation in society is still tense. Blockades and repression towards high school students, students, and citizens continue. Thugs hit the crowd with...
Belgrade, December 12, 2024 Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia November 22 – December 12, 2024 The international alliance of non-governmental organizations, CIVICUS, has published its annual report on the state of basic freedoms worldwide. The report states that the right to protest is under threat around the...
Miljenko Dereta Space, Dobračina 55, Belgrade, Serbia 28 November 2024 9.30 – 10.00 Welcome coffee and registration of participants 10:00 – 10:05 Opening Remarks Uroš Jovanović – Public Policy Program Manager at Civic Initiatives H.E. Martijn Elgersma – Dutch Ambassador in Belgrade 10:05 – 10:15 Launch of the SLAPP...
Belgrade, November 22, 2024 Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia November 8 – November 21, 2024 It took twenty days for the institutions to arrest the suspects responsible for the fall of the canopy in Novi Sad when 15 people died. During that time, 9 people were detained...
Belgrade, November 7, 2024 Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia October 25 – November 7, 2024 After 14 people tragically lost their lives in Novi Sad, it seems minor to talk about the violation of other freedoms, when the right to life itself became threatened. Citizens demand responsibility and...
Belgrade, October 24, 2024 Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia October 11 – October 24, 2024 Institutional pressures on activists and journalists have continued over the past two weeks. The President of the National Assembly of Serbia, Ana Brnabić, accused independent media of inciting civil war. Such accusations are...
Belgrade, October 10, 2024 Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia September 27 – October 10, 2024 The previously observed period was marked by attacks and targeting of journalists. Representatives of the authorities launched a campaign against the journalist Ljiljana Stojanović because of a critical question addressed to the...
Belgrade, September 26, 2024 Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia September 13 – September 26, 2024 Escalation of violence in society is becoming more and more common. There is a lack of adequate reactions from competent authorities and institutions, and all those who think freely are at risk....
