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17/12/2014

15/12/2014 – Unfair Trial of Moldovan Victim Svetlana Čabotenko (allias S.Č.) for Perjury

                         Upon analyzing the final verdict following the trial in which Moldovan citizen Svetlana Čabotenko (S.Č.) was accused and sentenced for […]
12/12/2014

12/12/2014 – GOVERNMENT UNPREPARED TO INCLUDE CRITICAL CIVIL SOCIETY IN OFFICIAL PROCESS OF JUDICIAL REFORM MONITORING

Center for Monitoring and Research (CeMI) and Human Rights Action (HRA) protest the Government of Montenegro establishing the Council for monitoring the implementation of the judiciary […]
10/12/2014

10/12/2014 – ON THE OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY – COMMON POSITIONS OF UN COMMITTEES REGARDING MONTENEGRO

HRA wishes to use this opportunity to draw attention to the common positions of as many as four committees of the United Nations that have discussed […]
10/12/2014

10/12/2014 – HRA’S LETTER TO SSP REGARDING ČIKIĆ AND SDA CASES

Human Rights Action submitted a letter to the Supreme State Prosecutor (SSP), Ivica Stanković, asking him to: (1) Inform the public whether he has established a […]
03/12/2014

3/12/2014 – CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS OF THE UN COMMITTE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS ON MONTENEGRO

The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights published its concluding observations on the initial report of Montenegro on implementation of the International Covenant on […]
02/12/2014

2/12/2014 – HRA REACTION TO THE STATEMENT OF THE SPECIAL STATE PROSECUTOR ON (IN)COMPETENCE OF STATE PROSECUTORS

HRA executive director, Ms Tea Gorjanc Prelević sent a letter today to the Special State Prosecutor, Ms Đurđina Nina Ivanović, in response to her public statement […]
21/11/2014

21/11/2014 – HRA APPROVES THE GOVERNMENT’S DECISION TO REJECT THE REQUEST FOR CRIMINALIZATION OF DEFAMATION AND INSULT

Human Rights Action (HRA) welcomes the Government’s decision not to support the proposal for reintroducing criminal offences of Defamation and Insult. This is a responsible step, […]
20/11/2014

20/11/2014 – FIRST MEETING OF MEDIA SELF-REGULATORY BODIES DEDICATED TO ESTABLISHMENT OF THEIR COOPERATION AND BALANCED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CODE OF JOURNALISTS OF MONTENEGRO

The first out of four planned meetings of representatives of media self-regulatory bodies, devoted to cooperation of self-regulatory bodies for the purpose of uniform application of […]
05/11/2014

5/11/2014 – HRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SPEAKS TODAY BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

HRA executive director, Ms Tea Gorjanc Prelević, will speak before the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights in Brussels, at a hearing on Human Rights in […]
01/11/2014

1/11/2014 – REGARDING THE BEGINNING OF PROJECT “SUPPORT FOR UNDERSTANDING JOURNALISTIC ETHICS AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION”

Human Rights Action (HRA), will be implementing project „Support for Understanding Journalistic Ethics and Freedom of Expression“, with the support of the US Embassy in Podgorica, […]
31/10/2014

31/10/2014 – HRA RESISTS PROPOSAL TO REINTRODUCE CRIMINAL OFFENCES DEFAMATION AND INSULT

HRA considers the proposal to reintroduce Defamation and Insult as criminal offences irrational, considering the fact that the current Montenegrin civil law provides sufficient instruments for […]
29/10/2014

28/10/2014 – PRESS RELEASE REGARDING CONTINUATION OF PUBLISHING OF PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL IN DAILY INFORMER

Daily Informer continued on 27 October and 28 October 2014 to publish pornographic material with the aim of discrediting the Executive director of the Network for […]