A recent incident involving Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama's aggressive behavior towards journalist Ambrozia Meta of Syri TV has sparked widespread condemnation both domestically and internationally. This altercation has raised...
In the case of Mesić v. Croatia (no. 2) (application no. 45066/17, 30.05.2023) the European Court of Human Rights held, by five votes to two, that there had been no...
In the case of Sanchez v. France (application no. 45581/15, 15.05.2023) the European Court of Human Rights held, by a majority, that there had been no violation of Article 10...
In the case of Mestan v. Bulgaria (application no. 24108/15, 02.05.2023) the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been a violation of Article 10 (freedom of...
In the case of Bojan Pantić against Serbia (Application no. 33776/20, 28.03.2023) the Court of European Court of Human Rights declared the application inadmissible. The applicant is a Serbian politician who...
BIRN's latest annual report shows how political tensions, culture wars and Russian propaganda have intensified digital human rights abuses in the Balkans. The Western Balkans has faced ongoing political tensions...
In the case of Radonjić and Romić v. Serbia (application no. 43674/16, 04.04.2023) the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been a violation of Article 5...
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, stated that “It is high time for Serbia to face the legacy of the past, to protect media freedom and freedom...
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro, and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Jan Braathu, expressed their concerns over the recent targeting of several...
The Press and Online Media Council in BiH, with the support of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), published the analysis of the “STOP! Hate Speech” campaign. From...