Three Freedoms Under the Magnifying Glass

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...

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....

Belgrade, September 12, 2024 Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia August 30 – September 12, 2024   The pressures to which activists are exposed are still not reduced, and the lists of "unfit" are drawn up by state bodies and unknown persons without any consequences. The website of the newly...

Belgrade, August 29, 2024 Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia August 16 – August 29, 2024   Environmental activists, civil society organizations and independent, critical media have been the main targets of the authorities for the past two weeks. In attempts to suppress the environmental protests and with the...

Belgrade, August 15, 2024 Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia August 2 – August 15, 2024   Arrests, imprisonments, detentions and targeting of environmental activists marked the previous period. Lithium mining in the Jadar Valley has once again become a major topic after the decision of the Constitutional Court...