Three Freedoms Under the Magnifying Glass

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...

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...