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author: Dejan Georgievski

14/02/2020 - 10:18

Civil society, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Headnews, Law, Media, Opinion and analyses, Rotator, Bosnia and Herzegovina

All modern constitutions guarantee the fundamental human rights and freedoms, freedom of speech, freedom of expression. They all prohibit censorship. So does the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, too. However, these days even more than usual, these freedoms are attacked through different channels.

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Fear of Politics

author: Dejan Georgievski

11/02/2020 - 11:59

Civil society, Democracy, Headnews, Media, Opinion and analyses, Rotator, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Boro Kontić, the Director of Mediacentre Sarajevo, in an editorial written for the Novinarstvo Magazine of the Mediacentre, provoked by the media coverage of last week's social rebelion in BiH, writes about the pervasive control that politics have over the media in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Lustration and Citizen Governance

author: Dejan Georgievski

09/02/2020 - 20:57

Civil Rights, Civil society, Freedom of expression, Headnews, Opinion and analyses, Rotator, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Valentina Pellizzer, executive directress of the Foundation OneWorld Platform for Southeast Europe, presented her own list of demands to BiH government after the social and civic rebellion last week in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Following is the full text of her demands, originally published on the...

Statement on Violent Attack on “Merlinka” Festival in Sarajevo

author: Dejan Georgievski

04/02/2020 - 22:10

Civil society, Discrimination, Freedom of Gathering, Gender, Headnews, LGBT, News, Sexuality, Rotator, Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Okvir Association, the Banja Luka Association of Queer Activists (BUKA) and the Foundation OneWorldSEE condemn the hate-motivate violence against the activists and participants of the "Merlinka" Festival of LGBT Film in Sarajevo...

Sarajevo: Attack on “Merlinka” Festival Condemned

author: Dejan Georgievski

03/02/2020 - 06:51

Discrimination, Headnews, News, Rotator, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Two persons were injured in the attack on the participants in the debate "Trans-sexuality in Transition" on Saturday, February 1, 2014, at the Art Cinema “Kriterion” in Sarajevo. About a dozen masked assailants attacked the participants of the debate, organized under the auspices of the “Merlinka” International Festival of Queer Film.

Human Rights Watch: More efforts needed to end human rights abuses in the Balkans

author: Dejan Georgievski

23/01/2021 - 13:00

Discrimination, Headnews, Human rights, Migration, Minorities, News, Rotator, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Serbia

Human Rights Watch’s World Report 2014 states that the governments in the countries of the Western Balkans did little during 2013 to address longstanding human rights problems.

TI BiH: Implementation of Anti-Corruption Strategy far from Satisfactory

author: Dejan Georgievski

17/01/2021 - 06:45

Corruption and Transparency, Governance, Headnews, Law, News, Politics, Rotator, Bosnia and Herzegovina

The 5th Report from the Monitoring of the Strategy for the Fight against Corruption (2009-2014) and the related Action Plan, prepared by Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH), with the support from the Open Society Fund BiH, shows that the implementation of the Strategy has been far from...

Towards Merlinka queer film festival in Sarajevo

author: Sanela Gojak

16/01/2021 - 22:17

Events, Headnews, News, Rotator, Bosnia and Herzegovina

In Sarajevo theater Kriterion from January 31st to February 2nd of 2014, a queer film festival Merlinka will be held, where it will be displayed 30 short and feature films and documentaries.

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