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Three freedoms under scrutiny: January 17 – January 30, 2025
Belgrade, January 30, 2025 Violation of basic human rights in SerbiaJanuary 17 – January 30, 2025 Two more female students were seriously injured in the previous period. This indicates a worrying trend of increasing extreme violence to which women engaged in activism are exposed. A student was hit by a car during the blockade on […]
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ANALYSIS of the competition of the Ministry of Tourism and Youth from 2022 and 2023
Belgrade, January 29, 2025. Who won all the money at the contests of the Ministry of Tourism and Youth? How visible, active are these organizations and how do they actually implement the projects they report? What amounts are awarded to organizations that have no website, no past traffic, and no evidence of activity? Those questions […]
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Candidates for the REM Council withdrew their candidacies due to irregularities in the election process
Belgrade, January 26, 2025. Text: Cenzolovka Six independent candidates announced today that they are withdrawing their candidacies due to violations of the Law on Electronic Media during this process, because both proposers and candidates who do not meet the legal requirements were accepted, as well as because of discrimination against candidates. This was done earlier […]
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Members of the Council for the creation of an encouraging environment for the development of civil society are freezing their membership due to the threat to the work of CSOs
The members of the Council for the creation of an encouraging environment for the development of civil society, from the ranks of civil society organizations (CSOs), inform the public that they have unanimously decided not to participate in the work and attend the meetings of the Council in the coming period. Membership in this body […]
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Announcement regarding the arrest and ban on entry into the country of our colleagues from the region
Yesterday, January 21, in Belgrade, plainclothes police officers detained several people, citizens of Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Romania and Albania, in a Belgrade hotel and took them to the New Belgrade Police Department in an unmarked car. All of them are workers in the field of civil society, and among them is our colleague from the […]
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The “Three Freedoms” platform asks the government representatives to stop the hate speech and persecution of male and female students
The group of the undersigned organizations gathered around the “Three Freedoms” platform demands from the authorities to immediately stop targeting students, high school students, professors and all citizens who, from November 2024, demand responsibility for the death of 15 people in Novi Sad. The continuous spreading of hatred against them resulted in the attempted murder […]
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Three freedoms under scrutiny: December 27 – January 16, 2025
Belgrade, January 17, 2025 Violation of basic human rights in SerbiaDecember 27 – January 16, 2025 Yesterday we witnessed the attempted murder of a female student who participated in the protest. The disturbing moment of the car hitting the girl should not be seen in an isolated context. In recent months, we have witnessed numerous […]
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The government breaks the law to maintain control over RTS
Civic initiatives demand that the National Assembly and the Government of Serbia stop all manipulations in connection with the election of members of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) and to enable the independence of the body that ensures professional and objective media reporting such as public services, Pinka, TV Happy, […]
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STRENGTH OF STRUGGLE: Student blockades in Niš – “This is not a protest, this is unbearable”
“These days, it’s the best thing to be a student.” – Anđela Jeremić, a student from Niš This is not a protest, this is intolerance. It was that last word, like a drop of fuel on the fire, that ignited the student rebellion. It was spoken on the day when the University of Niš joined […]
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