Human rights

29.November 2025. MLJ

Human rights expelled from Russia

The human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) assessed the decision of the Russian authorities to declare her "undesirable" and ban her from working in Russia as "another sign of the Kremlin's repression".

Future

31.July 2025 Uroš Mitrović

The Rise of the Dark Enlighteners

The "Dark Enlightenment" ideological direction is a neo-reactionary movement known by the abbreviation NRx, and represents a political-philosophical direction that directly questions the fundamental values of the Enlightenment - democracy, equality, universal human rights. The text that follows is not for everyone's eyes

Economic and social rights

28.May 2025. MS

Initiative A 11: Systemic neglect of the most vulnerable

In the new annual report on the state of economic and social rights, Initiative A 11 presents a detailed state of these rights in Serbia through an analysis of individual areas. "Social inequalities have deepened, and in recent months we have been witnessing (and actively participating in) the struggle for systemic changes that would lead to the long-awaited, necessary justice and betterment", states Initiative A 11

Personal attitude

20.March 2025. Mirko Ilic

Open questions for the Serbian judiciary

The first basic public prosecution has still not found out what actually happened on March 15 at 19.11:520.000 p.m., but persons who present or spread their knowledge and impressions on the Internet are obliged to know that no sound cannon or any other weapon was used. Should we really expect citizens to know that something that the Prosecutor's Office is still investigating is not true? About XNUMX signatories are asking for an initiative to conduct an international investigation. Still, that would be too many suspects

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The World

02.January 2025. MS

Switzerland: Burka ban comes into force

In September 2023, the Swiss parliament adopted a law banning face coverings, which entered into force on January 2025, XNUMX. The Muslim community, as well as organizations for the protection of human rights, reacted to this ban

Photo: Tanjug/Sava Radovanović

Human rights of workers

17.December 2024. NR

MAN stopped importing tires from Zrenjanin: What about the others?

The famous manufacturer of trucks and buses MAN no longer imports tires from Linglong in Zrenjan because the human rights of workers are not respected there. As "Vreme" recently wrote, other giants of the German auto industry also have a number of complaints from Serbia

The X Network and the LGBTQ+ population

13.November 2024. Tijana Stanic

A daily flood of hate

If this year's Pride were to be compared to those of a decade or more ago, a big improvement would be that no one was beaten, that there were no major attacks on participants or the police, and, ultimately, that Pride took place at all. On the other hand, if you look at the atmosphere on social networks, which over the years have become a significant part of the average person's life and an indicator of social mood and attitudes, the road to tolerance and acceptance is long.

Pride Week

Rights of the LGBT+ community

04.September 2024. Milica Srejić

"Pride Week": "Without the support of the system, we cannot get away from the margins"

On Saturday, as part of "Pride Week", a protest walk will be organized at 16 p.m. in Belgrade starting from Manjež Park. The demands of the LGBT+ community have been the same for years, and everyone who fights for a democratic society where everyone is equal is welcome to the walk and events. "It is a form of civic solidarity," Matija Stefanović from the organization "Da se zna" told "Vreme"

Activism

03.September 2024. B. B.

Launched "ALERT - form" for reporting repression by state authorities against activists

The goal of launching the "ALERT - form" is to collect information and records of all cases of repression by state authorities against activists, so that, in accordance with the information provided, domestic and international bodies would be informed. This information is crucial so that those who have been targeted by state authorities because of their activism can be offered help.

Human rights

27.August 2024. B. B.

Rodoljub Šabić: The existence of Vulin's lists is a shame for Serbia

There is only one way to ban a foreigner from entering the country in the correct way, and that is the existence of a security procedure, that is, establishing the fact that a certain person represents an unacceptable security risk for Serbia. If pop singers have become a security risk for Serbia, then we are in a tragic situation, Šabić told Vreme.

Roma in Serbia

01.July 2024 SZ

The Belgrade government does not care about the forcibly displaced Roma from Vinča

The Belgrade government continuously violates human rights and simply ignores the Roma families who were forcibly displaced from the informal settlement on the edge of the landfill in Vinča. Five years ago, with the support of Initiative A 11, they submitted a complaint to the Independent Mechanism for Project Responsibility of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), which financed the landfill reconstruction project.

"The values ​​of peace, understanding, love and support can heal any society", Valerian Savić.

Hate speech

16.May 2024. Milica Srejić

Valerian Savić: The life of a non-binary person is full of discrimination, violence and stress

Tomorrow is the International Day of the Fight against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, Valerian Savić, a non-binary person, speaks for "Vreme" about the position of non-binary people and what non-binary means. He also says that we must have zero tolerance for violence and think about how to nurture the values ​​of peace, understanding, love and support because this is something that "can heal any society"

Andrej Obradović is on hunger strike for the fifth day.

On the spot

16.April 2024 Milica Srejić

Andrej Obradović's hunger strike: "I am not silent for justice!"

Andrej Obradović, who on February 14, the police broke into the apartment where he lives with his roommate and subjected him to "brutality, torture, psychological, physical and sexual abuse" for several hours, has been on hunger strike for five days. If the competent institutions do not respond to his demands by tomorrow evening, he also announces the radicalization of the strike

Human rights

30.November 2023. Z.S.

Russia declared the LGBT movement an extremist organization

In a statement announcing the lawsuit, the ministry said authorities had identified "signs and manifestations of an extremist nature" in the "activities of the LGBT movement" in Russia, including "inciting social and religious discord." Under Russia's extremism law, which was passed in 2002, any designated organization is effectively banned, and the measure has been amended and tightened over the years.