Civil Rights Defenders expresses serious concerns about the current state of media freedom in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Recent events in the country have caused alarm over the ability of journalists and...
During 25-27 May 2022, Sarajevo welcomed more than 50 journalists, editors and media professionals from Western Balkans and Turkey. After two years of online events due to pandemic restrictions, Regio...
The perceived respect for human rights is by far lower in Bosnia & Herzegovina than any other Western Balkan state, a recent poll conducted by Civil Rights Defenders has found. In a public opinion...
Today marks 25 years since the Srebrenica genocide. Victims remain unrecognised and the discourse around the genocide continues to be a basis for political manipulation and denial, instead of discussi...
The situation for migrants in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, continues to be worrisome. Following a recent case of police brutality against four migrant men, witnessed by one of Civil Rights Defend...
Civil Rights Defenders, together with its partner organisation BH Journalists Association, calls upon authorities of the Una-Sana Canton in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), as well as the International O...
The first ever Pride march in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be held this year on 8 September, in the capital of Sarajevo. The official announcement on 1 April 2019 was met with both cheers and oppositio...
It has been 24 years since the genocide in Srebrenica – the only act of genocide and the “greatest war crimes in Europe after the World War II”, as recognized by the European Parliament. On this day i...
Civil Rights Defenders’ intern, Ehlimana Elma Muslija, was together with her girlfriend, attacked twice in the central part of Sarajevo. Civil Rights Defenders strongly condemns hate attacks aga...
Civil Rights Defenders condemns the ongoing attacks unfolding in Banja Luka since December 24, 2018, aiming to narrow down freedom of expression and freedom of assembly in the Bosnia and Herzegovina e...
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