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Serbia beat off competition from around Central and Eastern Europe to host the first Chinese tyre factory in Europe, but evidence obtained by NGOs and BIRN point to ‘systematic exploitation’ – potentially human trafficking – of hundreds of Vietnamese men hired to build it. Serbian authorities say they see nothing wrong.

Serbia’s next anti-terrorism strategy, if there is one, must address the threat from right-wing extremism, experts say.

A banner condemning Ratko Mladic as a war criminal was torn down from a building in the Serbian city of Novi Sad, as a dispute continued to simmer over murals glorifying the Bosnian Serb military chief as a hero.

The treatment of Vietnamese workers brought to Serbia to build a factory for a Chinese company is shameful, and has all the elements of exploitation and people trafficking, an expert says.

Serbian NGOs claim they have been denied access to workers from Vietnam who were brought to the country to build a factory for a Chinese company and are allegedly labouring and living in grim conditions.

Guarded by young men in hoodies, a mural in Belgrade glorifying war criminal Ratko Mladic is cleaned up every time it is defaced – and no one in authority seems to have the will or courage to remove it.

A bitter dispute over a mural in Belgrade glorifying Ratko Mladic, which activists have repeatedly tried to destroy, has highlighted how graffiti and street-art tributes to the Bosnian Serb war criminal remain a widespread problem in Serbia.

Police arrested two people for throwing eggs at a mural celebrating Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic in the Serbian capital Belgrade, which the authorities have banned activists from removing.

In November 2001, the Serbian State Security Service’s Special Operations Unit staged a mutiny and set up roadblocks. The failure to punish the instigators of the armed revolt would have deadly consequences for the country’s prime minister.

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The Court of Appeals in Belgrade confirmed Zeljko Budimir’s two-year prison sentence for beating up a civilian and stealing his money during the Bosnian war in 1992.

Belgrade

Documents Reveal Extent of Exploitation at Chinese Tire Site in Serbia

Experts Urge Improved Anti-Terrorism Strategy in Serbia

Ratko Mladic Tributes Spark Continuing Discord in Serbia

Mistreatment of Vietnamese Workers in Serbia ‘Criminal’, Lawyer Claims

Access Blocked to Vietnamese Workers Allegedly Exploited in Serbia: NGOs

Why a Ratko Mladic Mural is So Hard to Remove in Serbia

Serbian Activists Step Up Struggle Against Ratko Mladic Tributes

Serbia Arrests Activists for Egging Ratko Mladic Mural

Mutiny in Serbia: How a State Security Unit’s Rebellion Went Unpunished

Bosnian Serb Fighter’s Wartime Assault, Robbery Conviction Upheld

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