SKOPJE, NORTH MACEDONIA – July 17, 2025 – The Balkan Civil Society Development Network (BCSDN) released its eleventh annual Monitoring Matrix Report on the Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development, providing a comprehensive, evidence-based assessment of the state of civic freedoms across the Western Balkans...
July 22, 2025 Civic Initiatives warns the public about the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Textbooks, which will cement political control over education in Serbia, and calls on the Government of Serbia to withdraw the proposal from parliamentary procedure. By introducing “textbooks of national...
Violations of Fundamental Human Rights in SerbiaJune 27 – July 10, 2025 While the authorities persist in portraying blockades and protests as “a problem that will be resolved quickly,” citizens and students continue to endure police brutality and various forms of pressure. In multiple cities across...
Civic Initiatives strongly condemn the repressive measures implemented by the state in Užice and demand the immediate release of seven citizens, including a student, a professor, a councilor, and a lawyer, as well as other participants in the protest. We call on the relevant institutions...
Belgrade, 2 July 2025 The Secretary General of the Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (NUNS), Tamara Filipović Stevanović, and Uroš Jovanović from Civic Initiatives, today left “awards” at the entrance of the Belgrade City Assembly for Mayor Aleksandar Šapić, recognising him as the most prominent initiator...
Violations of Fundamental Human Rights in Serbia13 - 26 June 2025 While the President of the Republic states that “the blockers have long been yearning for the baton of salvation,” the police and unknown assailants are taking it seriously. In Novi Sad, the police violently broke...
Civic Initiatives and the Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation today addressed the Committee on Culture and Information of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, demanding that the process of determining the final list of candidates and nominators for members of the REM Council be halted...
Civic Initiatives has submitted a report to the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia detailing serious legal and procedural irregularities in the previous process of selecting members of the Council of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM). The analysis is based on the...
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...
