Three Freedoms Under the Magnifying Glass

Belgrade, May 15, 2025 Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia May 1 – May 15, 2025   The Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Novi Sad has filed an indictment against seven activists from the informal student group Stav and five members of the Movement of Free Citizens. The prosecution...

Belgrade, April 30, 2025 Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia April 18 – April 30, 2025   This week saw the first attempt by the police to forcibly break the student blockade. In Novi Sad, the police hit the gathered students and citizens with batons and shields, injuring 31...

Belgrade, April 17, 2025 Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia April 4 – April 17, 2025   The police forcefully removed the students who blocked the bus from Novi Pazar to the SNS rally in Belgrade. The police violently tried to break up the student blockade of RTS. The...

Belgrade, April 3, 2025 Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia March 21 – April 3, 2025   Professors and teachers who support the student blockades are under great pressure from the authorities and suffer numerous negative consequences for expressing their opinion publicly. Their February salaries were drastically reduced, but...

Belgrade, March 6, 2025 Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia February 14 – March 6, 2025   The deep political crisis that Serbia is also reflected in numerous violations of basic freedoms recorded in the observed period. In Belgrade, on February 25, members of the Criminal Police Directorate, on the...

Belgrade, February 28, 2025 REPORT: Protests Against Corruption in Serbia: A Review of Events and Institutional Response   On November 1, 2024, a canopy at the recently reconstructed Railway Station in Novi Sad, Serbia’s second-largest city, collapsed, resulting in the deaths of 16 people. Protests erupted across Serbia...

Belgrade, February 14, 2025 Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia January 31 – February 13, 2025 Despite the authorities' persistent attempts to portray the students' demands as fulfilled, the facts show otherwise. One of the students' demands is to punish those who attack participants in protests and blockades....

Belgrade, January 30, 2025 Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia January 17 – January 30, 2025   Two more female students were seriously injured in the previous period. This indicates a worrying trend of increasing extreme violence to which women engaged in activism are exposed. A student was hit...