No. 07-00-652\/2025-02\u00a0\u00a0 Date: 10.11.2025.<\/p>\n
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OPINION<\/strong><\/p>\n The opinion was issued in proceedings based on a complaint filed by A.A. against media portal B.B., due to discrimination on the grounds of national affiliation. In the complaint, he stated, among other things, that on 11 August 2025 a video clip by V.V. was published on B.B.\u2019s Facebook account, in which waste, filth, and dirt were compared to a \u201cGypsy neighborhood.\u201d In the response of the editor-in-chief of B.B., it was stated that in the disputed video clip he used the term \u201cGypsy neighborhood\u201d because Roma settlements in Ni\u0161 resemble what he saw in front of the building of the Pension and Disability Insurance Fund and the Republic Health Insurance Fund, and that he used that word in an unfortunate manner, as well as that the complaint was completely unfounded because he did not discriminate against the Roma community, since the fact remains that their settlements \u201clook bad, but they choose this themselves and do it themselves, just as all citizens arrange their own living space.\u201d Based on the established factual situation, it is undisputed that in the video clip published on B.B.\u2019s Facebook page, the editor-in-chief of portal B.B. recorded the building of the Republic Health Insurance Fund and the Pension and Disability Insurance Fund in Ni\u0161, that is, recorded various packages of food and chemical products arranged along the wall of the building and, among other things, stated: \u201c\u2026here you have a small clearance sale, people, come to the Gypsy neighborhood, center of the city of Ni\u0161, thanks to them for existing.\u201d By reviewing the screenshots submitted with the complaint, it was established that B.B. published on its Facebook account: \u201cIf you say \u2018Gypsy neighborhood,\u2019 Roma (Gypsies) immediately come forward to show you their true face, and then NGO A.A. also appears, which for years has lived well off the topic of \u2018Roma rights,\u2019 to explain to you that no one is allowed to utter the words \u2018Gypsy neighborhood,\u2019 because you are immediately a Nazi. As a minority you have come far, only to pride and emptiness\u2026No one insults you, you do that yourselves in all examples.\u201d In the proceedings, it was established that the video clip which is the subject of the complaint was published on B.B.\u2019s Facebook profile, which has 147,000 followers, and that the video clip has 116,000 views and a significant number of reactions. By reviewing numerous comments on the post, the Commissioner established that the disputed statement caused a feeling of disturbance among members of the Roma national minority. The Commissioner issued an opinion that portal B.B., through this publication, violated the provisions of Article 12, paragraph 1, in conjunction with Article 24 of the Law on the Prohibition of Discrimination. The editor-in-chief of this portal was recommended to remove from the portal\u2019s Facebook page the video clip that was the subject of this complaint titled \u201cClearance Sale in Front of the PIO and RFZO Building, Let\u2019s Go, Favela in the City Center,\u201d and in the future not to publish discriminatory content aimed at or representing a violation of the dignity of persons or groups of persons on the grounds of national affiliation or ethnic origin as a personal characteristic or any other personal characteristic prescribed by law as a basis for discrimination.<\/em><\/p>\n COMMISSIONER FOR THE PROTECTION OF EQUALITY<\/strong><\/p>\n Brankica Jankovi\u0107<\/strong><\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" No. 07-00-652\/2025-02\u00a0\u00a0 Date: 10.11.2025. OPINION The opinion was issued in proceedings based on a complaint filed by A.A. against media portal B.B., due to discrimination on the grounds of national affiliation. In the complaint, he stated, among other things, that on 11 August 2025 a video clip by V.V. was published on B.B.\u2019s Facebook…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-affiliation"],"yoast_head":"\n