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STOP DISINTEGRATION OF THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION

January 28, 2012

The alliance of human rights associations, the Human Rights and Democracy House (Civic Initiatives, Belgrade Centre for Human Rights, Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights, Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia and Policy Centre), requires from the Government of the Republic of...   More >>>

 

Helsinki Bulletin, No. 85

EU CANDIDACY POSTPONED:
A TEST FOR DEMOCRATIC PARTY

December 2011

EU summit conference of December 9 denied Serbia EU candidacy: Serbia had failed to demonstrate readiness to see to the problems discussed in Brussels within Belgrade-Pristina talks - barricades, unimpeded functioning of...
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Helsinki Bulletin, No. 84

RADICAL GROUPS IN THE BALKANS: THE CASE OF WAHHABI JAŠAREVIĆ

November 2011

On October 28, 2011 Mevlid Jašarević /23/ of Novi Pazar fired his Kalashnikov at the building housing the American Embassy in Sarajevo wounding two policemen. Before wounded himself by the police Jasarevic managed for fire several hits at the building. He was taken to...
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Helsinki Bulletin, No. 83

A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO SOCIAL TOPICS

Helsinki Committee in the Period August-November 2011

November 2011

In the past period the Helsinki Committee, committed to its long-term strategy and mission, was endeavoring to open up the issues crucial for Serbia's standing as a modern...
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CONTINUOUS TENSION IN SOUTH SERBIA

Belgrade, November 22, 2011

The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia is deeply concerned over recent developments in the municipality of Medvedja, South Serbia. On Saturday, November 19 in the village of Grbavica a local police officer assaulted villager Ismailj Sokolj in his own backyard. Mr. Sokolj was seriously hurt in his head with a grip of police handgun. Two...   More >>>

 

Helsinki Bulletin, No. 82

KOSOVO PARTITION: A MISSION IMPOSSIBLE

October 2011

The Serb elite saw the upcoming decision on the country's EU candidacy as its last opportunity to round off the "unfinished" Kosovo task. Some politicians have been openly speaking about the partition scenario since this spring. Division of Kosovo - Belgrade's longstanding plan - has...
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PRIDE PARADE 2011: A TEST OF INSTITUTIONAL POWER

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Belgrade, September 30, 2011.

Twenty days ago the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia called this year's Pride Parade a test of Serbia's social and political emancipation. At that time the Committee released that the actual government had already hesitated too long about...   More >>>

 

PRIDE PARADE 2011: A TEST OF SERBIA'S SOCIAL AND POLITICAL EMANCIPATION

A release

Belgrade, September 8, 2011.

The threats to organizers of the Belgrade Pride 2011 that are becoming more and more frequently clearly indicate an exceptionally well-planned campaign meant not only to prevent the Pride itself but also to create an atmosphere of fear and...   More >>>

 

APPEAL TO
DECISION-MAKERS

A New Consensus on Kosovo: A Road to Europe

6. September 2011.

Bearing in mind the deep economic and political crisis challenging today's Serbia, we appeal to all decision-makers to make an attainable goal - continuation of the process of EU integration - the priority of all priorities. The only way Serbia could possibly secure its economic...   More >>>

 

Helsinki Bulletin, No. 81

VISIT BY ANGELA MERKEL SUBJECTS THE PRO-EUROPEAN OPTION TO A TEST

August 2011

The visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the region was to Balkan politicians an unexpectedly straightforward demonstration of Europe's - and Germany's of course - approach to regional Europeanization. The...
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Helsinki Bulletin, No. 80

KOSOVO: AN UNSUSTAINABLE STATUS QUO

August 2011

The customs seal provoked crisis that escalated at Brnjak and Jarinje border crossings (July-August 2011) dramatically laid bare the crux of the Belgrade-Pristina argument and enforced the problem of North Kosovo on the agenda. Belgrade insists...
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Helsinki Bulletin, No. 79

A STEP CLOSER TO NATO

June 2011

On June 13-15, 2011 Belgrade hosted the Strategic Military Partner Conference organized by NATO Allied Command Transformation. That was the biggest military conference at global level in 2011. In Serbia it reopened the debate on its relationship with North Atlantic Treaty Organization and, in a way, tested the...
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POLICE TORTURE AT YOUTUBE.COM

Belgrade, June 25, 2011

video

The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia appeals to the Ministry of the Interior to immediately investigate the authenticity of the video clip placed at Youtube.come that clearly shows illegal use of force against a younger man in a police station. The Helsinki Committee requests the Ministry to determine identities of the persons involved, the date of the incident and...   More >>>

 

A RIGHT-WING OR A NAZI ORGANIZATION?

Serbian Constitutional Court's Decision to Ban the National Formation /Nacionalni Stroj/

Belgrade, June 13, 2011

The anti-fascist past and the values on which today's Europe rests - and on which ex-Yugoslavia rested as well - have been pointedly replaced in Serbia by some new historical "truths." Before and after the ouster of October 5 the Ravna Gora movement has been...
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Helsinki Bulletin, No. 78

REFERENDUM IN REPUBLIKA SRPSKA: A TEST FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

May 2011

The deep crisis blocking Bosnia-Herzegovina for long further escalated when the parliament of Republika Srpska /RS/ decided to call a referendum in this entity. According to announcement publicized so far the referendum is planned for June 2011. The parliament's controversial decision - on the legality and legitimacy of which...
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Helsinki Bulletin, No. 77

PROGRESSISTS: A TRIAL OF STRENGTH

May 2011

Serb Progressive Party /SNS/ leader Tomislav Nikolic's "hunger and thirst" strike was a political failure. For, neither the general public, Serb Orthodox Church /SPC/, European nor Russian officials supported him in a way he might have expected. Democratic Party /DS/ profited from his strike by rebuffing it from the very beginning as a non-European method of...
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DECLARATION OF ANTI-FASCIST STRUGGLE'S CONTINUATION

3. may 2011.

online petition

On the occasion of May 9th - Victory Day over Fascism and the Day of Concentration Camp Detainees of Bosnia and Herzegovina - the DECLARATION OF ANTI-
FASCIST STRUGGLE'S CONTINUATION (below) was initiated by Women in Black, Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia, Center...   More >>>

 

Helsinki Bulletin, No. 76

RUSSIA: A MYTHICAL ALLY

April 2011

Russian Premier Vladimir Putin's brief visit to Belgrade (March 23, 2011) brutally exposed the irrationality and disorientation of Serbia's foreign policy. Though the visit itself was unofficial, the manifestations of "worship" for Putin - in public and in the media - came as a surprise even to Russian reporters is his suite. Servility and humbleness showered on the practically "self-invited" guest, as some sources claimed, and meant to neutralize Moscow's month-long grudge, bordered on kitsch and...
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Helsinki Bulletin, No. 75

THE OPEN 'SERB ISSUE' - A CONSTANT THREAT TO REGIONAL STABILITY

March 2011

The preconditions for the normalization of relations in the region still have not been attained. Bosnia and Herzegovina is blocked by an internal crisis, which is exacerbated by its surroundings. For Macedonia, the issue with Greece relating to Macedonian state identity (name) is still open, which has slowed down its European Union accession process and has dragged the country into a regressive process. The consequences of this unresolved issue are also reflected onto the region...
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ASSOCIATION "EDUCATION BUILDS BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA" FORWARDS A MESSAGE OF JOVAN DIVJAK TO BOSNIAN-HERZEGOVINIAN AND WORLD PUBLIC

Dear friends,
thanks to you I am encouraged and ready to defend my soldier's honor and my wartime background, personal and overall dignity as well as moral purity of defenders of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992-1995. Your solidarity is proof of the willingness of citizens of our country to build a politically and economically sustainable Bosnia and Herzegovina, based on the principles of democracy and fairness. Due to the fact that I can not personally ...   More >>>

 

THE VICTIM BECOMES THE CRIMINAL

Belgrade, February 4th, 2011.

The arrest of Jovan Divjak symbolizes the continuation of counterproductive behavior of Belgrade when it comes to interpreting the recent past from the nineties. After arrests of Ejup Ganic, Ilija Jurisic and recently Tihomir Purda, who were arrested and acquitted for lack of evidence, the "Divjak" case only deepens mistrust of the countries in the region towards the intentions of Belgrade. Such behavior puts Belgrade in the role of prosecutor and the factor...
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Helsinki Bulletin, No. 74

THE 'HUNT' FOR MLADIC

January 2011

The 'Mladic case' is the paradigm of Serbia's social reality - of its attitude towards the past, towards reforms (of the security sector), towards justice and, finally, towards its neighbours. The alleged drama surrounding his arrest is a spectacle everyone is a part of. One of the key reasons for Serbia's delayed progress towards joining the EU lies in the fact that Ratko Mladia has not yet been arrested and extradited to The...
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PETITION

January 30, 2011

Dear Mr. President of the Republic,
We are writing to you on the occasion of the release of Veselin Vukotic, a hitman and one of the most hardened criminals from the ranks of Milosevic's secret police, who was sentenced to 20 years of prison in Montenegro in 1997, for murdering sea captain Dusko Boskovic. As the citizens of this country, we are disturbed by the fact that Veselin Vukotic was released soon after being arrested, just before the New Year's...
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Helsinki Bulletin, No. 73

EARLY PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN KOSOVO

January 2011

The high turnout of Serbs at the December 2010 elections and their willingness to participate in Kosovo's institutions points to a substantial change in Serbia's electorate, which is the result of a more mature political attitude within the Serb community in the past decade. During the election campaign, representatives of the Serb community have prioritized the economy, employment and infrastructure...
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FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ENDANGERED

Belgrade, December 18, 2010.

On the evening of December 16, 2010 journalist Branko Zivkovic was assaulted while walking his dog. An unidentified person brutally attacked him from the back and hurt him in his head. On the following day Mr. Zivkovic went to the Emergency Center where he was given anti-tetanus protection and advised to rest for a week. Hit in his head, Zivkovic now suffers from amnesia and cannot recall what...   More >>>

 

Petition

THE NORWEGIAN NOBEL COMMITTEE

Oslo

December 8, 2010

With this petition, we, the undersigned human rights defenders and democracy activists, speak in the name of thousands and thousands of citizens of Serbia, eager to see their country firmly committed to European course and the highest values of the contemporary world. Hence, we, the undersigned, strongly...
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Helsinki Bulletin, No. 72

THE PRIDE PARADE - 'VIOLENCE CULTURE' AND THE OFFENSIVE FROM THE RIGHT

November 2010

Serbia has been destabilized by organized crime, extreme calls for a Greater Serbia from militarist organizations and enraged sports fans who resemble their striking fist. Having been announced for a long time, Belgrade's first Pride Parade was fi nally held on October 10th, 2010, followed by varying assessments and...
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Helsinki Bulletin, No. 71

SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH ON THE BRINK OF SCHISM

November 2010

The Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) is a bastion of Serbian nationalism. Its ideology is drawn from the radical right and it is very close to groups at the rightist end of the political spectrum. With this ideology, the Church played a very important role in mobilisation and the prelude to war and, to this day, has made no attempt to distance itself from...
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