In response to media reports about gatherings against foreign workers in Kragujevac, at which discriminatory views based on race, skin color, citizenship, and national affiliation could be heard, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Milan Antonijević, points out that the expression of ideas and opinions that incite discrimination, hatred, or violence against individuals or…
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Comparing students, citizens of the Republic of Serbia, who are walking from Novi Pazar to Novi Sad, to “Islamic fanatics,” “trained extremists,” and calling them “veiled,” “Hamas members,” as has been heard in broadcasts on Informer TV and Pink TV in recent days, is prohibited by law because it constitutes hate speech and creates fear,…
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On the occasion of the violence on the streets across Serbia and the alarming reports of excessive use of force by public order authorities, particularly against minors, journalists, and women, including a case in which a police officer threatened a detained female student with sexual assault, Commissioner Brankica Janković strongly condemns such behavior and appeals…
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On the occasion of increasingly frequent attempts to link an individual’s origin, place of birth, or ancestry with his or her political or other professional activities and engagement, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, recalls that discrimination, hate speech, the expression of discriminatory views, as well as insults and disparagement based on…
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The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, strongly condemns the attack on a Roma family that, according to media reports, took place in the village of Tavnik near Kraljevo, when several individuals physically and verbally assaulted this family, demanding that they leave their home. All forms of violence, especially when motivated by hatred…
Read Article → The statement made by Member of Parliament Vladimir Đukanović on Happy TV, claiming that children are the property of the state until they reach adulthood, is utterly unfounded, dangerous, and condemnable, said the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković. She added that the denial of children’s rights to freedom of association and peaceful…
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Yesterday, a young life was lost when a student was killed by his peers in Leskovac. This, another extremely terrible and disturbing event, is a symptom of a deep-rooted problem of violence that manifests itself at all levels, whether it is young people, politicians, citizens, or activists on the streets. Physical violence, as the most…
Read Article → Following Jelena Karleuša’s Instagram post, which challenges the right to equality and incites hatred based on Romanian ethnic minority affiliation, the Commissioner for Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, stated that such language is unacceptable and condemnable. Linking the work of state institutions, including the police, prosecution, and judiciary, to the national origin of individuals or…
Read Article → Hate speech, insults and threats targeting individuals and endangering their safety, whether it refers to the journalist Tamara Skroza or Prime Minister Miloš Vučević, attacks potentially motivated by national and religious hatred, as well as inappropriate and humiliating comments that become harsher day by day and more brutal on social networks and in the media,…
Read Article → The Commissioner warns that pointing out anyone’s national, religious, or ethnic affiliation when reporting on criminal acts, investigations, suspects, perpetrators, or victims does not enhance the understanding of the event in any way, but rather casts a negative light on all members of a particular social group. We have witnessed that during the media coverage…
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