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Serbia | Court of Appeal in Belgrade I | 2017 | Serbia / National Court/Court of Appeal in Belgrade/ Kž 841/17 | Religion | Muslims | A group of 11 people cheered at the sporting event, „Zaklaćemo ovih dana 300 muslimana (We are going to slaughter 300 Muslims these days)“. The Higher Court in Belgrade (trial court) ruled that they were guilty, in complicity, of incitement to national, racial and religious hatred. The defense attorneys as well as the Higher Public Prosecutor in Belgrade appealed against the first instance decision before the Court of Appeal in Belgrade. The defense argued that defendants cannot be guilty… | View more |
Serbia | Commissioner for Protection of Equality (Poverenik za zaštitu ravnopravnosti) | 2017 | Serbia / Independent Body/Commissioner for Protecion of Equality/07-00-211/2017-02 | Migrant status | Refugees & asylum seekers | The complaint was filed against Serbian public railway company "Srbija voz" by a non-governmental organization (Asylum Protection Center). The complainant stated that a ticket inspector at the Main Railway Station in Belgrade had refused on two occasions to allow unaccompanied minors from Afghanistan, as well as dozens of other migrants, to board the train. Even though unaccompanied minors were in possession of valid train tickets, the ticket inspector stated that they could only… | View more |
Serbia | Press Council (Savet za štampu) | 2017 | Serbia/ Independent Body/Press Council Hajdrudin Šerifović v. "Pelež" | Religion | Muslims | The newspaper “Pelež“ targeted Mr. Hajrudin Šerifović, a war veteran from Obrenovac, by criticizing his taking part in public protests against the Serbian Government. According to two articles published by “Pelež”, Mr. Šerifović was allegedly breeding unprecedented Islamic nationalism in Serbia. He was also blamed for spreading inter-ethnic and religious hatred since he requested on his Facebook account a construction of a local Muslim graveyard. | View more |
Serbia | Higher Court in Belgrade (Viši sud u Beogradu) | 2018 | Serbia / National Court/Higher Court in Belgrade/K 654/2016 | Ethnic origin, 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 | Ethnic origin, 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 | Ethnic origin, 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 | Ethnic origin, 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 |
Serbia | Commissioner for Protection of Equality (Poverenik za zaštitu ravnopravnosti) | 2018 | Serbia / Equality body/Commissioner for Protecion of Equality/07-00-583/2018-02 | Migrant status | Refugees & asylum seekers | An NGO (Asylum Protection Centre) filed a complaint against telecommunication company who refused to conclude a postpaid service contract with a person from Iraq who was granted a refugees status in Serbia. The company stated that this contract cannot be concluded because the Iraqi national in question could not have presented his national passport but only an identification document for refugees that was issued by Serbian authorities. | View more |
Serbia | Higher Court | 2020 | Serbia / Higher Court in Subotica/5.K. 78/19 | Ethnic origin | 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 |
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