Human rights

Citizen's rights

12.October 2023 S. M

If your economic and social rights have been violated, you should know what the Optional Protocol is

On average, citizens of Serbia five times more often than other Europeans sue their country before the European Court of Human Rights for violation of civil and political rights. Recently, we have the possibility to complain about the violation of economic and social rights at the international level. Are we going to cover that counter too?

The World

06.October 2023 MJ

Nobel Peace Prize to Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi

Mohammadi has been sentenced to multiple prison terms since 2011 and is currently in the notorious Evin prison in Tehran for "spreading propaganda".

Russia and the UN

19.September 2023 JH

United Nations: The human rights situation in Russia is worsening

The World

13.September 2023 AE

Turkey introduces anti-homosexuality course in schools

The new Turkish Minister of Education Yusuf Tekin, who until two months ago proposed to open single-sex schools in Turkey, found himself in the center of attention again. This time during a television interview in which he spoke about the LGBT community

The World

04.September 2023 MJ

The company Twitter is accused of helping Saudi Arabia in violating human rights

The lawsuit against Company X was filed last May by Areej al-Sadhan, the sister of a Saudi aid worker who first disappeared and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Society

25.August 2023 Magda Janjic

Police and teenagers on the streets of Belgrade: Legitimization and intimidation

The police should not discriminate against citizens on the basis of appearance, skin color or some other characteristic during identification, but we have all witnessed that this happens, even if unconsciously, during contact between the police and citizens.

Human rights

23.August 2023 AE

Brazil: Homophobia is now punishable by prison

The country of 216 million people has one of the highest LGBT homicide rates in the world, with more than 242 violent deaths in the past year

The World

23.August 2023 MJ

Germans will be able to change their gender every year

There is practically no age limit. Children under 14 can request an official change of biological status with parental consent. Young people between the ages of 14 and 18 can register a new gender even without their parents' consent, that is, despite their parents' prohibition

The World

19.August 2023 BG

Breivik sues Norway for keeping him in 'extreme isolation'

Breivik's lawyer says his client is suing the state because he has been in extreme isolation for 11 years and has no contact with other people except his bodyguard

Law

27.July 2023 MJ

Death penalty for a woman in Singapore, the first in 20 years

Singapore is poised to execute a woman for the first time in nearly 20 years, human rights groups say

Migrants

27.July 2023 MJ

Mayor of Subotica to citizens: Do not help migrants

Stevan Bakić appealed to the people of Subotica who help migrants not to do so, because, he explains, without those logistics they would become aware that they are not welcome in this territory

Kosovo dead ends

26.July 2023 Ljeart Hoxha

LGBT rights in a time of discord

Homophobic attitudes are commonplace in Kosovo, as can be ascertained even by perusing social media reactions to local Pride-related events. But society is changing. Prishtina has its own gay bar, Bubble, run by a trans person. And mainstream culture has a role to play in easing taboos. In December of last year, a drag queen participated for the first time in the local version of the reality show "Big Brother".

Politics

21.July 2023 Magda Janjic

Kurti: Kosovo has fulfilled all the conditions for membership in the Council of Europe

Kosovo Prime Minister Aljbin Kurti stated that the "essential phase" of Kosovo's admission to the Council of Europe has begun. "In the current situation, i.e. without Serbs in the institutions and guaranteed autonomy, i.e. the Union of Serbian municipalities with broad competences, we cannot expect any major progress in Kosovo towards membership in the Council of Europe," says Milan Antonijević for the "Vremena" portal.

Women's rights

19.July 2023 MJ

Brankica Janković: What does it mean that the perpetrator was a "quiet, calm and family man?"

Speaking about violence against women in partner relationships, Janković told Radio and Television of Serbia that the law has been improved, but cracks still exist in the system.

Human rights

15.July 2023 MJ

Gender reassignment surgery is prohibited in Russia

The Russian Duma has approved a draft law that will ban gender reassignment surgeries as well as gender changes in state documents. The approval of the Upper House of Parliament and President Vladimir Putin is now required

Society

06.July 2023 Milica Srejić

Employment of persons with disabilities in Serbia: Mission Impossible

What often happens is that the assessment of business capacity often assumes that a person with a disability will make some unreasonable decision. They are not at all guided by the fact that all people can and do make completely unreasonable decisions.

Interview

18.June 2023 Sonja Ciric

Diana Milošević: In the story of the relationship of the state to art, the state is at a loss

"It's not the point that only I'm good. Because we are all part of one whole. The events in May woke us up, made us aware, and I think we should nurture that awareness now"

24.May 2023. SP

Freedom House: Serbia is not a democracy

For the fourth year in a row, according to the Freedom House report, Serbia is not a democracy, but a "hybrid or transitional regime" with fragile democratic institutions and questionable protection of political and civil rights and freedoms. The quality of Serbian democracy was rated 3,79 on a scale of 1 to 7

The World

25.December 2021 Aleksandar Novačić

China and the Pandemic: Violating Human Rights or Protecting Lives

At any sign of the coronavirus in China, drastic protocols are applied: entire cities are closed, a lockdown is imposed and the entire local population is tested. All this is monitored through smartphones with special health applications owned by a billion people. From the point of view of the West, it is a violation of human rights. The Chinese answer that the right to life is the most important right

Analyze

03.December 2021 Filip Mirilović

Protests and students: Why they are not on the streets

Students used to be the most powerful lever of civil protest. In Serbia, street protests are being organized again, they are visible on social networks, everyone knows about them, but students and young people are not joining them in serious numbers. It seems that their social potential has been lost somewhere