Over the weekend, Belgrade triumphed in winning a historic bid to host EuroPride in 2022. This will be the first time the annual event will be held outside the European Economic Area (EEA), highlighti...
Civil Rights Defenders calls upon the Serbian Government to fully respect the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UN Conv...
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...
Southeast Europe Legal Days (SEELD) is a unique event which will gather prominent legal experts from Southeast Europe during the two-day event in order to discuss and share relevant practise and knowl...
Read Civil Rights Defenders’ report “The Case of Savamala” based on research findings of the reporting of daily newspapers about the case of illegal demolitions in Hercegovacka street in Belgrad...
Members of the media and civil society actors, including human rights defender Nataša Kandić, have recently been subjected to a wave of hate speech from Members of Parliament and right wing extremists...
The situation for media freedoms has been deteriorating dramatically over the last few years in Serbia. Smear campaigns targeting the independent media remains a large issue and seem to have reached a...
On Friday 7 July, prominent journalist Dragana Peco’s apartment was broken into while she was not at home. Her belongings had been moved around but no valuable items were stolen. In the recent past, s...
Civil Right Defenders is proud to announce the first School of LGBT+ Activism aimed at improving the position of the LGBT community through educating future human rights defenders so they can actively...
Last week, Alexander Vucic emerged as victor in Serbia’s presidential elections winning 54.9% of the vote. As Serbia’s Information Minister in the 1990’s he was instrumental in censoring media outlets...
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