Press release

CALL FOR NECESSARY
ACTIONS FOR THE
PEACEFUL RESOLUTION
OF ISSUES AND THE
DEFENSE OF HUMAN
RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS

Belgrade, January 31, 2025

The discussion on the protection of human rights and freedoms from
violence and torture, held
on January 22, 2025, and organized by the Helsinki Committee, led to the following conclusions: Serbia is in a deep social, political, and security crisis. The main risk...   More >>>

Press release

THE MINISTRY OF
INTERNAL AFFAIRS IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
VIOLENCE AGAINST
STUDENTS

Belgrade, January 16, 2025

The latest attack on a female student of the Faculty of Law, which could have been fatal, is just one in a series of incidents endangering the lives of students. The authorities
are creating an atmosphere conducive to violence against students. The violence perpetrated by groups or...   More >>>

Helsinki Bulletin, No. 175

SERBIA IN THE VORTEX
OF GEOPOLITICAL
CONFRONTATION

December 2024

The geopolitical context, especially after Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential elections, is making Serbia’s position increasingly complex on the international scene. President Aleksandar Vučić is trying to maintain “neutrality” by his intensive international engagement
in all directions – from Asia and Africa to the United...
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Helsinki Bulletin, No. 174

THE EU, GERMANY AND
SERBIA: GEOSTRATEGIC
INTERESTS ARE MORE
IMPORTANT THAN
DEMOCRATIZATION

August 2024

The coming of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) to power (2012) enjoyed wide public support (by the academic community, civil sector and media). However, the support given to it by the West’s international community
was even more important...
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Helsinki Bulletin, No. 173

IS SERBIA APPROACHING
THE END OF ITS
EUROPEAN PATH?

October 2023

The intensive diplomatic activities of the Western international community in the Western Balkans, especially after the
“Banjska case”, is aimed at closing the Balkan issue as part of a wider European security framework and preventing any escalation in this very conflict-prone region and another...
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Helsinki Bulletin, No. 172

ELECTIONS IN SERBIA:
THE QUESTION OF
GEOPOLITICAL AND
VALUE ORIENTATION

January 2024

In the elections of 17 December 2023, the conservative and
anti-European right wing triumphed, thus rounding
off one stage which has
now strictly aligned Serbia with Putin and Orban. Aleksandar Vučić covered all right-wing radical
options and returned to...
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Helsinki Bulletin, No. 171

SERBIA MUST DECIDE

November 2023

The recent events in Kosovo dramatically changed the atmosphere and the attitude of the Western community
towards the Western Balkans and, in particular, Serbia. The West’s prompt response to the terrorist act in the village of Banjska exposed Serbia’s
duplicitous policy and the failure of the Western...
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Press release

SANDULOVIC: ALLEGED
CASE OF SEVERE POLICE
BRUTALITY HIGHLIGHTS
JUDICIAL CONCERNS

Belgrade, January 10, 2024

A court lacking
competence, acting on the request of an equally
non-competent public prosecutor, has ordered the 30-day detention of Nikola Sandulovic. Due to the severity of his injuries, strongly suggesting police brutality, Sandulovic could not appear before the said court to...   More >>>