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Civil Society Organizations’ Statement: More than 3,000 Testimonies from Citizens of Serbia

Posted 18/03/2025 by nexiadministrator in Press releasses

The civil society organizations – Belgrade Center for Human Rights, Civic Initiatives, Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights – YUCOM, Initiative A11, FemPlatz, and CRTA – announce that by Monday, March 17, 2025, at 12 noon, they had received over 3,000 testimonies from citizens of Serbia. These testimonies relate to the events of March 15, 2025,…

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Urgent: End the Political Persecution of Activists from the STAV Youth Group and Members of the PSG

Posted 17/03/2025 by nexiadministrator in Press releasses

On Friday, March 14, activist and student Lazar Dinić was arrested in Belgrade, while in Novi Sad, members of the Free Citizens Movement (PSG) were detained: Lado Jovović, Marija Vasić, Davor Stefanović, Srđan Đurić, and Mladen Cvijetić. On March 16, the Higher Court in Novi Sad ordered a 30-day detention for these six individuals, and…

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REACTION OF THE NCEU REGARDING THE HARASSMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS

Posted 26/02/2025 by nexiadministrator in Press releasses

The National Convention on the European Union (NCEU) condemns the raid by armed members of the Criminal Police Directorate on the premises of five civil society organizations, including NCEU members, without an appropriate court order. We believe this action, carried out under the orders of the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade under the pretext…

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Draft law on special register of foreign influence agents: Russian repression by American recipe

Posted 12/01/2025 by nexiadministrator in Media

The discrediting label of foreign mercenaries and domestic traitors has been widely used in Serbia since the 1990s. However, for all these years, it has been merely a common, albeit sometimes not so harmless, insult designed to undermine everything that “ "traitors and mercenaries" say and do. Now, however, the Socialist Movement, the party of…

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Greening Justice – Legal Protection Of The Environment

Posted 01/01/2025 by nexiadministrator in Projects

Project duration: January 2025 – December 2028 Donor: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) Project implemented by: Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights (YUCOM) and the Prosecutors Association of Serbia (PAS) Project value: EUR 2,298,753.05 Environmental crimes are illegal activities that pose a risk or cause significant harm to the environment and/or human…

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Joint Statement: Stop the Repression and Free the Political Prisoners

Posted 20/11/2024 by nexiadministrator in Press releasses

We demand that the authorities put an end to the repression against citizens, activists, and opposition figures who are seeking criminal accountability for the deaths of 15 citizens following the roof collapse at the Railway Station in Novi Sad. Repression against the people is growing increasingly brutal, and the highest state officials justify and…

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Public Assembly Under Threat: Safeguarding Civic Engagement

Posted 20/11/2024 by nexiadministrator in Media

The panel reached a disheartening agreement, which is that the right to protest is being threatened around the world, especially in the region. They spoke of the further deterioration of civic rights, and the intimidation of activists which we are witnessing in the region. The situation was characterised as a crisis which threatens to lead…

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When Citizens Can’t Identify Police: What Happened After Protests in Novi Sad

Posted 11/11/2024 by nexiadministrator in Media

Last week, Mila Pajić and Doroteja Antić were interrogated for four hours, not knowing during that time who was questioning them or why. Actions by plainclothes police officers following last week’s protests have raised the question: How can citizens know who the police officers are? At 5 PM on Friday, November 8th, a train departed from…

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PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION

Posted 03/11/2024 by nexiadministrator in BPP Selected cases

Landmark Hate Crime Ruling: First Conviction for Domestic Violence Motivated by Sexual Orientation in Serbia A landmark case involving long-standing domestic violence, triggered by a son's disclosure of his sexual orientation, concluded after five years. The case centred on I.S., who faced years of psychological and physical abuse from his father. His mother, who defended…

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RIGHT TO AN EFFECTIVE REMEDY

Posted 03/11/2024 by nexiadministrator in BPP Selected cases

Restoring Family Bonds: Landmark ECHR Ruling in Support of a Mother Denied Contact with Her Child Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights – YUCOM represented a mother living with HIV who was denied contact with her child for over eight years due to delays and non-enforcement of court orders by Serbian authorities. In the case…

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