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05/12/2018

5/12/2018 MONTENEGRO: UNLAWFUL DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY OF MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

Human Rights Action (HRA) warns that a Member of Parliament of Montenegro, Mr. Nebojša Medojević, has been unlawfully imprisoned and that both his and MP Milan […]
02/11/2018

1/11/2018 On the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists

Montenegro is still under the shadow of unresolved murders and attempted murders, physical assaults, threats and attacks on media property. Human Rights Action (HRA) urges all […]
30/10/2018

29/10/2018 CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF MONTENEGRO QUASHES BAN OF GAY PRIDE IN NIKŠIĆ

In a landmark decision, the Constitutional Court of Montenegro found that by upholding the ban of gay pride march in Nikšić, the second largest city in Montenegro, […]
09/10/2018

8/10/2018 Penalising the refusal to stand for the national anthem breaches freedom of expression

The Government of Montenegro has become the first in the region by proposing to punish citizens, as well as foreigners, who fail to stand during the […]
10/07/2018

10/7/2018 APPEAL COURT INCREASES DAMAGES AWARD TO JOURNALIST FOLLOWING FAILURE OF MONTENEGRIN AUTHORITIES TO INVESTIGATE ATTACKS AGAINST HIM

On 6 July 2018 the Higher Court in Podgorica handed down a judgment increasing an award of damages made by the Basic Court of Podgorica against […]
27/06/2018

25/6/2018 AT CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC DEBATE ON THE DRAFT LAW ON THE SAME SEX LIFE PARTNERSHIP

Human Rights Action (HRA) supports the adoption of the Law on Same Sex Life Partnership in Montenegro and at the same time laments that Montenegro will […]
15/06/2018

14/6/2018 JUDICIAL ETHICS COMMISSION CONTINUES TO APPEAR BIASED

The Commission on the Code of Judicial Ethics of Montenegro continues to give impression of bias because of insufficient reasoning of its decisions and lack of […]
07/06/2018

6/6/2018 PROTESTING FOR INDEPENDENCE OF RADIO AND TELEVISION AND APPLICATION TO THE STRASBOURG COURT

Human Rights Action (HRA) supports the call of Media Center to join in protest in front of the public broadcaster Radio and Television of Montenegro (RTCG) on […]
29/05/2018

29/5/2018 COMMEMORATIONS OF TWO SAD ANNIVERSARIES

On Friday, 25th May, and Sunday, 27th May, HRA commemorated two sad anniversaries: 26 years since the unpunished war crime of deportation of refugees in 1992, and the 14th […]
23/05/2018

22/5/2018 THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEPORTATION OF REFUGEES IN MONTENEGRO

The European Court of Human Rights communicated to Montenegro an application filed by a group of mothers, wives and daughters of Muslim refugees who were unlawfully […]
09/05/2018

9/5/2018 WHY WAS JOURNALIST OLIVERA LAKIĆ SHOT AT IN MONTENEGRO?

Olivera Lakic, Vijesti journalist, has been shot at last night at the very same place she was beaten up in March 2012, in front of her […]
03/05/2018

2/3/2018 WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY IN MONTENEGRO

On the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day Human Rights Action (HRA) recalls the importance of media freedom for providing objective information necessary for the […]