Full Coverage: Activism

28.02.2008 OWPSEE`s Denis Kajic has some important questions to ask after the recent violent protests in Sarajevo, provoked by the murder of high school student Denis Mrnjavac and the seriously deteriorating securiti situation in the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

20.02.2008 Civil society organizations demanded from the Croatian Sabor (the Parliament) to name the external members of Parliamentary Committees in a clear and transparent procedure, to reduce the number of laws adopted in an urgent procedure, and demanded greater transparency from the Government in terms of allocation of funds from the State Budget.

20.02.2008 Several thousand citizens of Macedonia gathered yesterday, at the Macedonia Square in Skopje, to protest the initiatives to change the constitutional name of the country, organized by the Youth Knows nongovernmental association.

18.02.2008 Subota, 16 februar, na današnji dan Sarajevo će ponovo protestirati i tražiti svoje pravo da bude grad građana i građanki, a ne privilegovanih političara. Ono što je malo nevjerovatno , a vezano je za današnje proteste je to što su organizirani putem interneta. Kroz forum, privatnog i neovisnog portala Sarajevo-x.com, još od 9 februara, građani i građanke raspravljaju i pozivaju sve ljude da se aktivno uključe.

18.02.2008 Sanjin Bužo, member of OWPSEE team and experienced human rights and social justice activists in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Southeast Europe, was arrested during the protests last Wednesday, February 13, in front of the Government of the Canton of Sarajevo. Provoked by diverse interpretations of the information surrounding his arrest, Bužo addressed the media and the general public with a public statement, with the aim to clear up certain muted points and accusations against him. The statement, in its full text, follows.

16.02.2008 Sanjin Bužo, član OWPSEE-jevog tima i dugogodišnji aktivista na polju ljudskih prava i socijalne pravde u BiH i šire u regionu Jugoistočne Evrope, uhapšen je tokom protesta prošle srijede, 13.02.2008, ispred zgrade kantonalne vlade u Sarajevu. Ponukan različitim interpretacijama informacija oko hapšenja, Bužo se obraća medijima i javnosti, u želji da se neke nedoumice i optužbe na njegov račun razjasne. U daljem tekstu prenosimo njegovo obraćanje u cjelini.

15.02.2008 Nongovernmental organizations in Bosnia and Herzegovina condemn the press release of the Government of the Canton of Sarajevo, published in the media after the protests of last Wednesday, January 13, accusing the organizers, Dosta! and GROZD of an “anarchist and anti-civilization call for violence”, and of a “morbidly constructed rebellion... and manipulation of children... abusing the personal tragedy of Denis Mrnjavac”.

15.02.2008 The European House, in cooperation with the European Movement in Serbia and the EC Delegation to Serbia, presented the Najevropljanin (Most European) Awards for contributions in the process of connecting Serbia with Europe.

14.02.2008 Protesti protiv pogorsane sigurnosne situacije u gradu Sarajevu, zapoceti proslu subotu, a direktno uzrokovani brutalnim ubistvom sedamnaestogodisnjaka Denisa Mrnjavca, nastavili su se i danas, ispred zgrade kantonalne vlade u Sarajevu, ovaj put sa konkretnim zahtijevima za ostavkama gradonacelnice Sarajeva Semihe Borovac i premijera Kantona Sarajevo Samira Silajdjica.

14.02.2008 Protesti protiv pogorsane sigurnosne situacije u gradu Sarajevu, zapoceti proslu subotu, a direktno uzrokovani brutalnim ubistvom sedamnaestogodisnjaka Denisa Mrnjavca, nastavili su se i danas, ispred zgrade kantonalne vlade u Sarajevu, ovaj put sa konkretnim zahtijevima za ostavkama gradonacelnice Sarajeva Semihe Borovac i premijera Kantona Sarajevo Samira Silajdjica.

13.02.2008 Amnesty International i bën thirrje autoriteteve të Kosovës të mundësojnë që drafti i Kushtetutës të jetë i hapur për konsultim publik, pa vonesa.

13.02.2008 Zašto i u nas ne gore ulice ko što bi u Parizu, političari ne daju sami ostavke ko u Švedskoj i nema generalnog štrajka ko u Italiji, mada je situacija takva kakva jeste, a mi smo, jeli, poznati kao borbeni narod? Moguće odgovore na ta pitanja pokušava dati Denis Kajic, član OWPSEE tima i dugogodišnji aktivista na polju radničkih i socijalnih prava.

11.02.2008 On the third day of consumer boycott, there are visible results, at least in terms of frequency of visitors at bigger stores in Zagreb. The parking lots are empty and there are just a couple of people at the cash-registers.

11.02.2008 Trećeg dana potrošačkog bojkota rezultati se ipak primjećuju, barem ako je suditi prema posjećenosti većih zagrebačkih trgovina. Prazna parkirališta, a u redu za blagajnu tek dvoje-troje ljudi. Trgovački lanci najavljuju sniženja cijena.

11.02.2008 Bozidar Djelic, Vice-President of the Government charged with European Integrations, said that he intends to demand from Brussels up to 500 scholarships to finance education of Serbian students in countries of the EU. He also announced, at the meeting with representatives of youth organizations in the country, the creation of a National Youth Agency, which is required to get EU Budget funding for Serbian students.

08.02.2008 Usled sve ozbiljnijeg udaljavanja Srbije od Evropske Unije, omladinske i studentske organizacije pokreću akciju ”Evropa nema alternativu!“. Akcija počinje protestnim okupljanjem u minut do dvanaest, u ponedeljak 11. februara, na platou ispred Filozofskog fakulteta u Beogradu i protestnom šetnjom do zgrade Vlade Republike Srbije.