8. November 2021.
A Serbian human rights NGO filed a lawsuit against the Interior Ministry after it banned activists from holding a gathering to erase a mural of Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic from a wall in Belgrade.
Belgrade
2. November 2021.
A fresh postponement in the trial of 11 Yugoslav Army soldiers accused of committing crimes against civilians during the Kosovo war means that there has been no hearing in the case since November 2019.
27. October 2021.
Official policies on the memorialisation of the 1990s wars downplay or deny crimes committed by Serbian forces and glorify war criminals, says a new report by the Belgrade-based Humanitarian Law Centre.
25. October 2021.
Often criticised for its attitude to war crimes, Serbia says it wants to try more cases, protect victims and cooperate better with other ex-Yugoslav countries to deliver justice – but key problems remain unaddressed in its new five-year strategy.
19. October 2021.
MPs refused to debate resolutions to ban the denial of the Srebrenica genocide, to set up a commission to determine how many died during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, and to recognise Serb rebel fighters as war veterans.
18. October 2021.
Victims of revenge porn in the Balkans face an uphill fight against legislative gaps, institutional prejudice, widespread victim-blaming and unethical media coverage. No wonder so few seek justice.
14. October 2021.
The Serbian war crimes prosecution said it is now ready to transfer its case against former senior Bosnian police official Edin Vranj to his home country, where his arrest has sparked anger.
21. September 2021.
They like patriotic rallies and patrolling the streets. They dislike vaccines, migrants and “the system”. And they have the support of one in 10 Serbs on Facebook.
17. September 2021.
A Belgrade court has awarded around 6,000 to 8,000 euros each in compensation to three families of people killed by Serbian forces at Ovcara Farm near Vukovar in Croatia in 1991, but rights activists say the payouts are inadequate.
16. September 2021.
The European Court of Human Rights has requested Serbia not to extradite a wanted Kurdish activist to Turkey, where he has been sentenced to life in prison, before it has had time to properly evaluate his case.
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