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24/08/2025

Response to the Democrats’ statement: ‘Gorjanc Prelević is using Radulović as cannon fodder, to threaten, attack and slander on her behalf’

The Democrats, lacking arguments, have once again resorted to a new, shameless personal attack. If it were not dangerous—considering that this is a group controlling the […]
24/08/2025

REACTION OF CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES TO THE MULTI-DAY ATTACKS BY DEMOCRATIC MONTENEGRO ON TEA GORJANC PRELEVIĆ: STOP THE ATTACKS ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS

Below is the full statement from civil society representatives in response to the ongoing attacks by Democratic Montenegro on Tea Gorjanc Prelević:   Civil society strongly […]
23/08/2025

Response to the Democrats’ Statement: ‘The suspended police officer defends the suspended police officers, while Gorjanc Prelević provides him with a political and media shield’

In the public response of the Democratic Party of Montenegro to the statement from the Human Rights Action (“THE GOVERNMENT IN MONTENEGRO OPENLY THREATENS CRITICS – […]
22/08/2025

THE GOVERNMENT IN MONTENEGRO OPENLY THREATENS CRITICS – threats from Democratic Montenegro to lawyer Veselin Radulović

Democratic Montenegro (Democrats), which controls the security sector within the Government, responded to lawyer Veselin Radulović’s announcement that he would file criminal charges against its leaders […]
19/08/2025

Reaction of Human Rights Action and the Women’s Rights Centre regarding the opinion of the Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms of Montenegro on the violation of the right to life of the victims of the Medovina crime

It is devastating to learn that only in 2025, and thanks to the Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms, facts about the omissions of the Ministry […]
25/07/2025

HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION (HRA), CENTRE FOR CIVIC EDUCATION (CCE) AND WOMEN RIGHTS CENTRE (WRC) URGE PRIME MINISTER TO WITHDRAW THE BILL ON THE AGENCY FOR NATIONAL SECURITY

Human Rights Action (HRA), the Centre for Civic Education (CCE), and the Women Rights Centre (WRC) have sent a letter to Montenegrin Prime Minister Milojko Spajić, […]
21/07/2025

SLOBODAN PEKOVIĆ CONVICTED FOR CIVILIAN MURDERS AND RAPE IN FOČA IN 1992 – MONTENEGRO’S FIRST VERDICT FOR WARTIME SEXUAL VIOLENCE OFFERS HOPE TO VICTIMS

The Higher Court in Podgorica today, after a three-year trial, sentenced Slobodan Peković to 20 years in prison for a war crime against the civilian population […]
19/07/2025

CIN-CG/HRA: MONTENEGRO IMPROVED THE LAW ON FREE LEGAL AID LAST YEAR, BUT STILL DOES NOT IMPLEMENT IT PROPERLY – Relatives of those who went missing during the war should also be allowed to use free legal aid

“A judge in Danilovgrad told me I shouldn’t be concerned about who my lawyer is. I haven’t received any updates on the case for five months […]