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Three Freedoms in Focus: March 27 – April 9, 2026
Belgrade March 27 – April 9, 2026 Violation of fundamental human rights in SerbiaMarch 27 – April 9, 2026 During the last reporting period, we have witnessed a drastic escalation of physical violence and institutional repression. The local elections held on 29 March served as a focal point for coordinated violence, where the safety of […]
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Alma Mustajbašić speaks to Deutsche Welle about detained Novi Pazar students
Source: Deutsche Welle Two students in Novi Pazar are suspected of preparing the murder of state officials. The criminal charges are based on a secretly recorded conversation. The NGO says: this is a continuation of the authorities’ showdown with political opponents. Students of the State University of Novi Pazar, Hamza Ziljkić and Nikola Marjanović, were […]
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Three Freedoms in Focus: March 6 – March 26, 2026
Belgrade March 6 – March 26, 2026 Violation of fundamental human rights in Serbia March 6 – March 26, 2026 In the previous reporting period, continuity of various forms of pressure and attacks on actors participating in public life was recorded. Journalists were subjected to verbal and physical attacks while performing their professional duties, were […]
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The Millennium Team’s criminal complaint against the N1 journalist aims to silence journalists who report in the public interest.
Published: 21. March 2026. march 2026. Nacionalna radna grupa za borbu protiv SLAPP-a izražava ozbiljnu zabrinutost povodom privatne krivične tužbe koju je kompanija „Millennium Team“ podnela protiv novinarke N1 Maje Nikolić, tražeći da bude osuđena na kaznu zatvora do godinu dana zbog, kako navode u tužbi, krivičnog dela narušavanje poslovnog ugleda i kreditne sposobnosti u […]
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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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PRaćka 2025: When communication becomes an act of civic courage
At a time when public space in Serbia is increasingly narrowing, communication is no longer just a skill – it is becoming an act of civic courage. It is precisely from this belief that PRaćka 2025 was held, a two-day conference dedicated to trends in communications in the civil sector, which is traditionally held every […]
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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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[REPORT] Civic Associations: Narrowing the Space for Action in 2024.
Belgrade, June 24, 2025 Citizens’ Associations – Narrowing the Space for Action 2024 is the sixth report published by Civic Initiatives, which assesses the state of the space for action and work of citizens’ associations. The analysis was conducted with the aim of systematically describing the space for action of civil society in Serbia in […]
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More open about the past – collections of scholarly papers on the wars of the 1990s available online
30. April 2025. Before you are electronic versions of two collections of scientific papers, “Sources and Actors – New Studies of the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s” and “Reviews of the Wars of the 1990s”, which in different ways address topics related to the wars of the 1990s in the former Yugoslavia. What makes these […]
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