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…
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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…
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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…
Read Article → Regarding the incidents at the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad, related to the request for the dismissal of Professor Dinko Gruhonjić, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, points out that what is happening is not a way to determine anyone’s responsibility, and that it turns us as a society away from…
Read Article → The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, points out that the publication of a fake death certificate of the President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, on social networks is completely unacceptable and reprehensible. Alluding to someone’s death represents an extreme form of political action, and there is nothing satirical or witty…
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Demeaning and offensive speech that represents a violation of the dignity of any person based on some of their personal characteristics is prohibited by the Law on the Prohibition of Discrimination and is to be condemned in every way, warned the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, regarding the video in which MP…
Read Article → It is inadmissible for anyone to take justice into their own hands, and it is especially worrying when children and young people resort to violence, said Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica, Janković regarding the information that a group of Bosniak high school students in Prijepolje physically attacked another student, against whom proceedings are…
Read Article → Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Jankovic, strongly condemns the behavior of a group of young men from Priboj who celebrated Bozic with songs propagating hate speech against members of the Muslim faith community. The commissioner assessed that it was good that the MUP reacted quickly and pointed out that it is important to…
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