During the road blockade on Saturday, November 27, conducted by citizens protesting the adoption of the Law on Referendum and People's Initiative and the Law on Expropriation, the "Three Freedoms" monitoring system noted numerous incidents indicating that, while acting in their capacity to secure these...
Belgrade, November 18, 2021- Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia November 5-18, 2021 The past two weeks have been extremely difficult in terms of the freedom of expression, assembly and association in Serbia. Two activists, who were throwing eggs at a mural dedicated to war criminal Ratko Mladic...
Belgrade, November 9, 2021- Organizations gathered around the Three Freedoms Platform strongly condemn the arrest of peace activists Aida Ćorović and Jelena Jaćimović, who were brutally detained by plainclothes police while protesting against the mural of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić, and demand the termination of...
Belgrade, October 21, 2021- Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia October 22 - November 4, 2021 In the past two weeks, the trend of endangering freedoms of expression, association and assembly has continued. Convicted war criminal Dragan Vasiljkovic insulted the media, which negatively reported on the petition of...
Belgrade, October 21, 2021- Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia October 8-21, 2021 In the past two weeks, there has been a continuation of the trend of endangering the freedoms of expression, association and assembly. Nova.rs journalist Pero Jovovic was threatened for displaying the Kosovo flag in his...
Belgrade, 20 October 2021 - In the newest European Commission's Serbia Report 2021, published on October 19, 2021, it was stated that further efforts are needed for ensuring systematic cooperation between the government and civil society. The absence of an enabling environment for developing and financing...
Belgrade, October 7, 2021- Violations of basic freedoms in Serbia September 24 - October 7, 2021 In the past two weeks, there has been a continuation of the trend of endangering the freedoms of expression, association and assembly, through verbal threats, but also physical attacks. The series of...
Belgrade, September 20, 2021 Amendments change the essence of the law In the past few months, the government has been trying to substantially change the media and civil sector-related laws by amending the legislation not caring for argumentative opposition too much. The process of amending the Law on...
© fran_kie/Shutterstock "It makes no sense for civil society to spend time helping the state devise a strategy that will never be applied. In a country where the rule of law does not exist, there is no point in adopting new laws and strategies". A meeting with...
- An Open Letter to Minister Gordana Čomić - Professional media and civil society organizations (CSOs) in Serbia call on Minister Čomić, who is in charge of creating an enabling environment for the work of civil society, to recognize, condemn and prevent attacks on civil society...
