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This year’s Franco-German award was given to Maja Stojanović from Civic Initiatives
The embassies of France and Germany announced today that the executive director of Civic Initiatives, a civil society organization from Belgrade, Maja Stojanović, is the winner of this year’s French-German award for human rights and the rule of law. Ambassador of France Florence Ferrari stated that the engagement of Maja Stojanović is consistently aimed at […]
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Stojanović: Serbia in 2025 will be marked by an unprecedented struggle for human rights and increased repression
December 10, 2025. Source: N1 Belgrade The current year was marked by Serbia’s very poor level in the area of human rights, but also by an unprecedented struggle for them, said Maja Stojanović from Civic Initiatives. Commenting on the fact that Civicus Monitor announced in its latest report that it had lowered the assessment of […]
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Reduced grade for Serbia in the global report on civil liberties: Now “under repression”!
Published: December 9, 2025. In its latest report, CIVICUS Monitor announced that it had lowered its assessment of civic space in Serbia to the level of “under repression”. This represents a turning point after years of escalating attacks on basic freedoms. The “repressed” category — the second lowest in the global framework — refers to […]
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Three freedoms under scrutiny: November 14 – November 27, 2025
Violation of basic human rights in SerbiaNovember 14 – November 27, 2025 In the week when 16 days of activism against violence against women begin, a policeman hits a woman in the head at a protest in Novi Sad. This blow is a symptomatic indicator of what all victims of gender-based violence face – systemic, […]
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We will not cooperate with the institution of the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality if Milan Antonijević is elected
November 26, 2025. Civil society organizations that work to protect human rights and equality warn that the election of Milan Antonijević as Commissioner for the Protection of Equality would represent another step in the complete collapse of independent institutions in Serbia. Of the five independent institutions that Serbia has, including the Protector of Citizens and […]
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