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Dinko Gruhonic - Serbiaposted on: 2009/09/26

Human rights defenders in Serbia believe that right wing Serbian nationalists have not given up their territorial and political ambitions and that their next target will be the multi ethnic areas such as Vojvodina, traditionally one of the most progressive and tolerant areas of Serbia.

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Majda Puača - Serbiaposted on: 2009/09/26

In Serbia members of the gay and lesbian community who speak out publicly are targeted by the media and run the risk of physical attack. Majda Puača is a member of Queer Belgrade. There has been no Gay Pride in Belgrade since 2001 because of the risk of violence. Since then Queer Belgrade has organised a Queer Festival which is not publicised in the media to avoid the risk of violence. The purpose is to create a safe space in which gay and lesbian people can collect safely.

Serbia: Vandalism and restrictions of freedom of expression against NGO Pescanikposted on: 2009/02/04

Front Line is concerned following reports of attacks against the website and the jamming of the radio programme broadcast by Pescanik on Radio B92, as well as the destruction of journalist Ms Svetlana Lukic's car on 23 January 2009.

Serbia: Biljana Kovacevic-Vuco attacked for challenging impunityposted on: 2008/10/22

“Whore, bitch, if Kosovo becomes independent we will cut you and that man in B92 (radio) and all those faggots...”. This is just one of the threats received by Biljana Kovacevic-Vuco for challenging the culture of impunity in Serbia.

Serbia: Media threats and aggressive intimidation against human rights defender Sonja Biserkoposted on: 2008/10/03

Front Line is deeply concerned following information received of media threats and aggressive intimidation against human rights defender Sonja Biserko and staff at the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia (HCHRS). Sonja Biserko is the Chairperson of the HCHRS, a professional organisation working on the promotion of the rule of law and protection of human rights in Serbia.

Serbia: Threats against human rights defenders and organisations in Serbia following independence of Kosovoposted on: 2008/02/22

Front Line is deeply concerned following information received of threats against human rights defenders, including Natasa Kandic, the Executive Director of the Humanitarian Law Centre, and human rights organisations operating in Serbia, in the context of the official declaration of Kosovo's independence.

Belgrade: Statement on Serbia visit by Special Representative of Secretary General, Ms. Hina Jilaniposted on: 2007/10/02

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders, Ms Hina Jilani, issued the following statement, on 19 September 2007 in Belgrade, on her preliminary findings of her official visit to the Republic of Serbia.

LGBT: LGBT activists in Serbia, Bosnia and Kosovo speak of their struggle for human rightsposted on: 2007/08/29

During its recent mission to Serbia, Bosnia and Kosovo Front Line met leading human rights defenders working for equal rights for lgbt people across the region. They all spoke of the pressures and dangers of working on lgbt issues and you can hear their own first hand experience in this article published in the September issue of the UK's Gay Times, Europe's largest gay magazine. Read the full text of the article below.