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Three freedoms under scrutiny: February 13 – March 5, 2026
Violation of basic human rights in SerbiaFebruary 13 – March 5, 2026 In the previous reporting period, we noted the continuation of attacks, pressures and targeting of journalists, students, farmers, activists and civil society organizations. Representatives of the state leadership again publicly targeted the journalists of television N1, while students and citizens are faced with […]
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For the 92 million dinars distributed in the Ministry of Family Care competitions – there is no public trace of what the money was spent on
For 35 projects funded with more than 92 million dinars in the competitions of the Ministry of Family Care and Demography, there is no publicly available data on their implementation, an analysis by Civic Initiatives shows. This is more than half of the funds allocated to the four January tenders in 2024. Some organizations without […]
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OPEN CALL for young people from Preševo, Bujanovac and Leposavić | THIRRJE E HAPUR for young people from Presheva, Bujanoci and Leposaviqi
Do you ever wonder what peace really means to you – or where you and your peers lack it in your everyday life? Do you have an idea how to change something around you, but you don’t know where to start, you don’t have support or you just have the feeling that good ideas often […]
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Reaction to the events in Surdulica: Urgently stop calls for lynching and expulsion, as well as targeting citizens based on their nationality
Published: February 17, 2026 Civic initiatives strongly condemn the public calls for lynching and the permanent eviction of the relatives of a person detained because of a traffic accident near Surdulica in which a Surdulica resident was killed, which were presented at the protest held on February 14, as well as the continuation of the […]
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Three freedoms under scrutiny: January 30 – February 12, 2026
Violation of basic human rights in SerbiaJanuary 30 – February 12, 2026 Since the last review, we have noted the continuation of pressure and attacks on journalists, media workers, students, professors and employees in the public sector. University professors at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Novi Sad received identical threatening e-mail messages […]
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The Ministry of Health to urgently announce the results of the 2025 competition
Published: January 30, 2026. The undersigned members of the OKO Coalition (Open on Tenders) call on the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Serbia to urgently publish the decisions on the allocation of funds and the results of two public tenders announced in January 2025, the outcome of which almost a year later is […]
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Tri slobode pod lupom: 16. januar – 29. januar 2026. godine
Violation of basic human rights in SerbiaJanuary 16 – January 29, 2026 In the previous period, we noted a series of incidents that indicate an organized and systematic attempt to silence critical voices through threats and brutal digital targeting. The academic community was shaken by the cases of politically motivated dismissals of Professor Jelena Kleut […]
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Three freedoms under scrutiny: December 26, 2025 – January 15, 2026
Belgrade, January 15, 2026 Violation of basic human rights in SerbiaDecember 26, 2025 – January 15, 2026 We continue the year the way we ended it – with attacks on media workers and violations of basic freedoms and rights. In the previous period, various incidents were recorded in Serbia, including coordinated hacking attacks on the […]
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The draft law on public order and peace extends offenses to social networks – the possibility of abuse and repression
Author: FoNet The draft amendments to the Law on Public Order and Peace, which – according to the proposal of the ombudsman Zoran Pašalić, provides for the inclusion of offenses in this area on social networks – are seen by lawyers, media and human rights experts as an opportunity for numerous abuses, indicating at the […]
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