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Serbia The Court of Appeal in Belgrade (Apelacioni sud u Beogradu) 2022 Serbia / The Court of Appeal in Belgrade / Kž 978/2022 Nationality Third country nationals The Higher Court in Pančevo (trial court) convicted the defendant of incitement of national, racial, and religious hatred and intolerance and sentenced him to four-month prison term. The trial court found that the defendant, a Kosovo war veteran, was guilty of vandalizing a bakery shop owned by an Albanian, thus inciting hatred among Serbs and Albanians in the local community. The trial court ordered defendant’s treatment in a psychiatric ward and issued a restraining order. The defendant… View more
Serbia The Court of Appeal in Belgrade (Apelacioni sud u Beogradu) 2022 Serbia / The Court of Appeal in Belgrade / Kž 315/2022 Nationality Third country nationals The Higher Court in Valjevo (trial court) acquitted the defendant for continued incitement of national, racial, and religious hatred. The defendant was allegedly calling the Albanian owners of a bakery shop Shiptars, telling them that they could not run a business in Serbia and threatening to deport them to Kosovo and blast their shop. He was deterring the locals from shopping in their bakery. The trial court found that the defendant was not guilty as his actions did not result in severely… View more
Serbia The Misdemeanor Court in Belgrade (Prekršajni sud u Beogradu) 2022 Serbia / The Misdemeanor Court in Belgrade / 114 Pr. 19357/22 Race/Ethnicity Muslims The NGO Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) filed a complaint with the public prosecutor and misdeamenor court against a group of sport fans for hate speech in violation of the law prohibiting neofascist manifestations. Ahead of a water polo game, the group of sport fans gathered in Belgrade city center and sang “Ratko Mladic is a Serbian hero” thus praising a perpetrator of genocide against Bosnian Muslims. The group moved to the sport hall and held a banner “Shiptars, Croats, and… View more
Serbia The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality (Poverenik za zaštitu ravnopravnosti) 2021 Serbia / The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality / 07-00-367/2021-02 Migrant status refugees & asylum seekers Two refugees from Iran filed a complaint against a bank that refused to open their account based on their refugee status in Serbia. The bank clerk told them that it was impossible to open an account with their refugee ID, due to “technical problems.” The case involved situational testing for evidence collection. The first tester was a Serbian-speaking foreigner with refugee ID, whom the bank also refused to provide services. The following day, the second tester, a Serbian citizen, managed to… View more
Serbia The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality (Poverenik za zaštitu ravnopravnosti) 2021 Serbia / The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality / 07-00-00146/2021-02 Migrant status refugees & asylum seekers The NGO Atina informed the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality about a poster in the public transportation that read: “Stop migrants from occupying Serbia.” Atina argued that the poster incited hatred and intolerance against migrants. View more
Serbia Higher Court 2020 Serbia / Higher Court in Subotica/5.K. 78/19 Race/Ethnicity Muslims, Ethnic minorities The perpetrator of the crime, in a state of insanity, caused national hatred among the peoples or ethnic communities in Serbia by entering a bakery owned by members of the Albanian ethnic community, which is located in Subotica. On that occasion, he threw a set of keys on the counter and loudly insulted members of the Albanian ethnic community and threatened Albanians. *Discrimination and hatred against national minorities in Serbia, especially… View more
Serbia Higher Court in Belgrade (Viši sud u Beogradu) 2018 Serbia / National Court/Higher Court in Belgrade/K 654/2016 Race/Ethnicity, Religion, Nationality Muslims The case concerns a street fight in the Kotež neighborhood in Belgrade. The accused physically and verbally assaulted several persons and inflicted upon them minor physical injuries. While punching them, the accused was verbally assaulting them on the basis of their nationality (Albanians) and religion (Muslims). The accused threatened the victims by shouting that he was going to burn down their homes and to displace them from Serbia. View more
Serbia Higher Court in Belgrade (Viši sud u Beogradu) 2018 Serbia / National Court/Higher Court in Belgrade/10 P 1725/2018 Race/Ethnicity, Religion, Nationality Third country nationals This case was litigated in the civil proceeding by an NGO (Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights) - plaintiff, against the newspaper "Kurir" and its hardcopy and online editors - defendants. Both hardcopy and online versions of “Kurir” published an article that uncovered a photography of the Member of the Belgrade City Assembly (Mr. Danko Runić) sitting next to the Albanian flag and wearing queleshe (traditional Albanian cap). The article portrayed the criticism raised against… View more
Serbia Commissioner for Protection of Equality (Poverenik za zaštitu ravnopravnosti) 2018 Serbia / Equality body/Commissioner for Protecion of Equality/07-00-537/2018-02 Race/Ethnicity, Religion Third country nationals The case concerns verbally abusive tweets that were posted by the Member of the National Assembly, Ms. Vjerica Radeta, who also serves as Vice President of the Serbian Radical Party. She posted two tweets with regard to the cultural festival "Mirdita, dobar dan". The aim of this festival is to induce intercultural dialogue, exchange and cooperation between Serbs and Albanians. The police secured the venue of the festival where members of the Serbian Radical Party tried to forcibly… View more
Serbia Commissioner for Protection of Equality (Poverenik za zaštitu ravnopravnosti) 2018 Serbia / Equality body/Commissioner for Protecion of Equality/07-00-610/2018-02 Race/Ethnicity, Religion Muslims Ms. Vjerica Radeta, a Vice President of the National Assembly, posted a tweet regarding the death of the president and founder of the association Mothers of Srebrenica. The tweet reads, "I've read that Hatidža Mehmetović's from the association of businesswomen from Srebrenica passed away. I am wondering who is gonna bury her, her sons or her husband?". An NGO (Belgrade Centre for Human Rights) filed a complaint against Ms. Radeta before the Commissioner for Protection of… View more
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