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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...

  Miljenko Dereta Space, Dobračina 55, Belgrade, Serbia 28 November 2024      9.30 – 10.00   Welcome coffee and registration of participants 10:00 – 10:05    Opening Remarks Uroš Jovanović – Public Policy Program Manager at Civic Initiatives H.E. Martijn Elgersma – Dutch Ambassador in Belgrade   10:05 – 10:15    Launch of the SLAPP...

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, 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, 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....

A large number of unfounded arrests and detentions of citizens in recent weeks has been accompanied by a propaganda offensive against alleged foreign mercenaries who, in the interests of hostile countries, are said to be undermining the state order. The goal of such manipulations, propagated...