Serbia

29.09.2008 The second part of the Naked Facts campaign, implemented by the Astra NGO, started last Friday, September 26, under the motto Report it in! Astra believes that the citizens of Serbia should not remain indifferent to the fact that there are women, children and men that live in slavery.

18.09.2008 The Coalition for Free Access to Information appealed to the Skupština of the Republic of Serbia (the Parliament) to not ignore the constitutional right of the citizens to start independent legislative initiatives, regardless of the will of political parties and the state institutions.

15.09.2008 The Independent Association of Journalists of Vojvodina protests the approach adopted by a number of Belgrade-based media to the reporting on Vojvodina and the process of adoption of the new Statute of the Autonomous Province.

10.09.2008 The European Movement in Serbia considers the recent accusations by Aleksandar Vučić, Secretary General of the Serb Radical Party, that the organization was involved in embezzlement of 10 million Dinars from the Budget of the City of Belgrade for its `Travel to Europe` project, are clear attempt to mislead the public and demonstrate the lack of understanding for the needs of the citizens and the youth.

05.08.2008 The Coalition for Free Access to Information asked the National Telecommunications Agency (RATEL) to review the contents of the Regulation that defines the new activities for internet service providers (ISPs) in Serbia who will be now obligated to keep the data on the traffic of their users and present it to the competent authorities.

01.08.2008 Radovan Karadžić, until recently one of the three remaining Hague fugitives, together with general Ratko Mladić and Goran Hadžić, was extradited to the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia and already appeared in front of the Chamber to listen to the charges.

30.07.2008 Internet service providers in Serbia announce they will challenge in the Supreme Court the decision of the National Telecommunications Agency (Ratel) that providers are obligated to allow unrestricted access to their e-mail clients` databases to the Police and the Security and Intelligence Agency (BIA).

29.07.2008 Human Rights Lawyer`s Committee YUCOM condemned the rampaging of extremist right wing groups in the streets of Belgrade and the attacks on journalists during the gathering organized to support the Hague suspect Radovan Karadžić, as serious abuse of freedom of expression and public gathering.

28.07.2008 RATEL (National Telecommunications Agency of Serbia) adopted on July 11 new By-Law that enables intrusion in human rights and freedoms and requires from internet service providers to own equipment for passive oversight and monitoring of electronic mail with possibility to reroute it to the proper competent authorities.

24.07.2008 Two days after the arrest of Radovan Kara Karadžić, one of the three remaining Hagua fugitives accused by the Hague Tribunal on nine counts of genocide and crimes against humanity, we have the first reactions of the Serbian civil sector.