Human Rights Action is very satisfied with the decision of the Higher State Prosecutor’s Office to drop the misdemeanor prosecution of historian Boban Batrićević, Ph.D., because of his column “Torokanje po Metodologiju i Đaonikiju” published on the Antena M portal.
A developed democratic society requires more knowledge and sensibility than what was shown by the initiation of this misdemeanor procedure. Nontheless, it is thanks to decisions such as this ruling that we are still on the right path to becoming such a society.
The following NGOs stood up to protect Boban Batrićević’s freedom of expression:
Human Rights Action – HRA
Spektra Association
Centre for Democratic Transition – CDT
Centre for Civil Liberties – CEGAS
Centre for Civic Education – CCE
Centre for Democracy and Human Rights – CEDEM
Center for Investigative Journalism of Montenegro
Center for Monitoring and Research – CeMI
Center for training and education of Montenegro
Centre for Development of Non-Governmental Organizations – CRNVO
Women’s Rights Center
ANIMA – Center for Women’s and Peace Education Kotor
Queer Montenegro
Montenegrin PEN Center
Montenegrin Women’s Lobby
Montenegrin Philological Society
Association of Professional Journalists of Montenegro
ERA – LGBTI Equal Rights Association for Western Balkans and Turkey
Montenegro Media Institute
Juventas
Media center
Prima