At least 600 have been executed in Iran since the beginning of this year. Human rights organizations warn that the authorities are increasingly using the death penalty to suppress dissent
"International institutions would have to react adequately to the gross violation of the human rights of Serbian citizens," says the former president of the Serbian Military Union, Novica Antić.
Drag queens attract attention wherever they appear, in the club, on the street or in the market. What is actually hidden behind heels, wigs and corsets, we asked one of the most recognizable drag queens in Serbia, Alexis Plastik
The French Parliament passed a unanimous decision repealing the 1685 law on slavery, although slavery was formally abolished as early as 1848
The draft law on internal affairs may lead to a significant collapse of the protection of human rights in Serbia
The situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating dramatically, especially for women and girls who are practically excluded from public life. According to a United Nations report, almost half of the country's population will depend on humanitarian aid by the end of the year
"We have direct opposition from citizens who have never been more determined to protect their rights and, on the other hand, more and more repressive moves, primarily by the executive authorities," says BCLJP program director Dušan Pokuševski.
Albanians in Preševo, Bujanovac and Medveđa continue to face the passivation of addresses and violations of basic human rights. What is their position? And what is their attitude towards the state of Serbia?
The human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) assessed the decision of the Russian authorities to declare her "undesirable" and ban her from working in Russia as "another sign of the Kremlin's repression".
Serbian woman Zorka Đorđević was stonewalled by the investor, the European Court of Human Rights found. Justice has arrived, and it will cost the state of Serbia close to twenty thousand euros
United Nations human rights experts are concerned about the Serbian authorities' crackdown on citizens amid what they say is "one of the largest protest movements in the country's recent history."
The "Dark Enlightenment" ideological direction is a neo-reactionary movement known by the abbreviation NRx, and represents a political-philosophical direction that directly questions the fundamental values of the Enlightenment - democracy, equality, universal human rights. The text that follows is not for everyone's eyes
There are allegations of illegal and excessive use of force when arresting protesters, Amnesty International and Civil Rights Defenders announced.
In the new annual report on the state of economic and social rights, Initiative A 11 presents a detailed state of these rights in Serbia through an analysis of individual areas. "Social inequalities have deepened, and in recent months we have been witnessing (and actively participating in) the struggle for systemic changes that would lead to the long-awaited, necessary justice and betterment", states Initiative A 11
The first basic public prosecution has still not found out what actually happened on March 15 at 19.11:520.000 p.m., but persons who present or spread their knowledge and impressions on the Internet are obliged to know that no sound cannon or any other weapon was used. Should we really expect citizens to know that something that the Prosecutor's Office is still investigating is not true? About XNUMX signatories are asking for an initiative to conduct an international investigation. Still, that would be too many suspects
In September 2023, the Swiss parliament adopted a law banning face coverings, which entered into force on January 2025, XNUMX. The Muslim community, as well as organizations for the protection of human rights, reacted to this ban
The famous manufacturer of trucks and buses MAN no longer imports tires from Linglong in Zrenjan because the human rights of workers are not respected there. As "Vreme" recently wrote, other giants of the German auto industry also have a number of complaints from Serbia
If this year's Pride were to be compared to those of a decade or more ago, a big improvement would be that no one was beaten, that there were no major attacks on participants or the police, and, ultimately, that Pride took place at all. On the other hand, if you look at the atmosphere on social networks, which over the years have become a significant part of the average person's life and an indicator of social mood and attitudes, the road to tolerance and acceptance is long.
On its Instagram account, the Pride info center announced that on Saturday, September 28, it will stop working "due to a lack of financial support, as well as institutional support"
On Saturday, as part of "Pride Week", a protest walk will be organized at 16 p.m. in Belgrade starting from Manjež Park. The demands of the LGBT+ community have been the same for years, and everyone who fights for a democratic society where everyone is equal is welcome to the walk and events. "It is a form of civic solidarity," Matija Stefanović from the organization "Da se zna" told "Vreme"
The goal of launching the "ALERT - form" is to collect information and records of all cases of repression by state authorities against activists, so that, in accordance with the information provided, domestic and international bodies would be informed. This information is crucial so that those who have been targeted by state authorities because of their activism can be offered help.
There is only one way to ban a foreigner from entering the country in the correct way, and that is the existence of a security procedure, that is, establishing the fact that a certain person represents an unacceptable security risk for Serbia. If pop singers have become a security risk for Serbia, then we are in a tragic situation, Šabić told Vreme.
German former Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher, brother of the legendary Michael Schumacher, published a photo on social networks with his love partner Etienne and publicly admitted that he is gay.
The Belgrade government continuously violates human rights and simply ignores the Roma families who were forcibly displaced from the informal settlement on the edge of the landfill in Vinča. Five years ago, with the support of Initiative A 11, they submitted a complaint to the Independent Mechanism for Project Responsibility of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), which financed the landfill reconstruction project.
Tomorrow is the International Day of the Fight against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, Valerian Savić, a non-binary person, speaks for "Vreme" about the position of non-binary people and what non-binary means. He also says that we must have zero tolerance for violence and think about how to nurture the values of peace, understanding, love and support because this is something that "can heal any society"
The organization's report criticizes the "double standard" used to measure the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Andrej Obradović, who on February 14, the police broke into the apartment where he lives with his roommate and subjected him to "brutality, torture, psychological, physical and sexual abuse" for several hours, has been on hunger strike for five days. If the competent institutions do not respond to his demands by tomorrow evening, he also announces the radicalization of the strike
