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Jovanović for HRHF: Historic protests in Serbia – why hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets
In the past months, Serbia has witnessed some of the largest protests in its recent history – and the largest student mobilization to date. With slogans like “Corruption kills” and “Pump” – students have become the driving force of leaderless protests, while at the same time civil society is under increasing pressure. In an author’s […]
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Terrorism charges filed over March 15 incident, sonic boom testimony database now available
Belgrade, April 9, 2025. Civil society organizations – Belgrade Center for Human Rights, Civic Initiatives, Committee of Lawyers for Human Rights – YUCOM, Initiative A 11, FemPlatz and Crta submitted a criminal complaint to the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime against unknown persons on suspicion of having committed a criminal act of terrorism on March […]
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Three freedoms under scrutiny: March 21 – April 3, 2025
Belgrade, April 3, 2025 Violation of basic human rights in SerbiaMarch 21 – April 3, 2025 Professors and teachers who support the student blockades are under great pressure from the authorities and suffer numerous negative consequences for expressing their opinion publicly. Their February salaries were drastically reduced, but the pressure does not end there. Now […]
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Maja Stojanović and Zoran Stojiljković: Government repression as a reflection of powerlessness
Source: nova.rs First, the state sent the police to several non-governmental organizations to investigate the misuse of taxpayers’ money of another country. Then she took away the salaries of the educators who have been on strike for months, and then also the university professors. Police officers and judges were threatened with dismissal if they did […]
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Maja Stojanović: For the first time, Serbia will have to officially answer about sonic weapons – that is a turning point
The European Court of Human Rights requested that the Serbian authorities answer questions about the possible use of sonic weapons at the March 15 protest, and this was requested from the court on behalf of the citizens by civil society organizations, including Civic Initiatives. Executive director Maja Stojanović states for N1 that it is “a […]
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The European Court of Human Rights asks the Republic of Serbia to declare itself regarding the alleged use of sonic weapons
March 25, 2025. Last night, the European Court of Human Rights asked the Republic of Serbia to answer questions about the possible use of sonic weapons at the protest in Belgrade on March 15, 2025. Our country has been given a deadline of March 31 this year to declare whether illegal means were used against […]
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Maja Stojanović on the student protests in the Christian Amanpour show on CNN
The executive director of “Civil Initiatives”, Maja Stojanović, was a guest on CNN, where in an interview with Christian Amanpour, she talked about the student protests in Serbia, the current political situation and the role of civil society. “This is the biggest protest ever. We are now witnessing people on the streets in more than […]
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Nadežda Gaće passed away
It is with great sadness that we received the news that last night, after a long and serious illness, Nadežda Gaće, journalist, founder and editor-in-chief of the weekly Novi magazin, as well as founder and member of the Assembly of Civic Initiatives, passed away. We express our deepest condolences to the family and loved ones […]
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Three freedoms under scrutiny: March 7 – March 20, 2025
Belgrade, March 20, 2025 Violation of basic human rights in SerbiaMarch 7 – March 20, 2025 On March 15, one of the largest gatherings in the past few decades in Serbia was held in Belgrade. Due to the importance of this event and the large number of events the day before and in the days […]
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