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16/11/2015

13/11/2015 – SUPPORT TO PARENTS’ HUNGER STRIKE FOR THE RULE OF LAW

NGO Human Rights Action supports the just fight of the fathers of infected babies in the General Hospital in Bijelo Polje, who have been hunger striking […]
12/11/2015

11/11/2015 – HRA, MANS, WRC AND ANIMA REACTION TO INSULTS AGAINST DALIBORKA ULJAREVIĆ

NGOs Human Rights Action (HRA), Network for Affirmation of NGO Sector (MANS), Women’s Rights Center (WRC) and Center for women’s and peace education (ANIMA) condemn the […]
05/11/2015

3/11/2015 – REACTION TO THE ORGANISED MEDIA ATTACK ON HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION (HRA)

Daily Informer, Pobjeda and TV Pink M reacted to HRA press release published on the eve of 2 November, International Day to End Impunity for Crimes […]
03/11/2015

1/11/2015 – ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY TO END IMPUNITY FOR CRIMES AGAINST JOURNALISTS

Montenegro welcomes 2 November, the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, in the shadow of unresolved murders and attempted murders, physical assaults, threats […]
29/10/2015

28/10/2015 – SUPREME STATE PROSECUTOR TO PUBLISH RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION OF BEATING MARTINOVIĆ

The European standard of absolute prohibition of ill-treatment in case of police torture requires the state prosecutor to provide an independent and effective investigation. Therefore CSOs […]
27/10/2015

27/10/2015 – ON THE LATEST DECISION BY THE GOVERNMENT TO REDIRECT SOCIAL BENEFIT FUNDS

Human Rights Action (HRA) warns of the Montenegrin Government policy to use funds intended for social protection of the most vulnerable population categories for other purposes. […]
27/10/2015

26/10/2015 – RULE OF LAW NEEDED – NO TOLERANCE FOR ATTACKS ON STATE INSTITUTIONS AND POLICE TORTURE

Montenegro requires thorough application of the rule of law in response to the events that marked unfortunately violent protests in Podgorica on Saturday 24th October 2015. […]
26/10/2015

26/10/2015 – COUNCIL FOR CIVIL CONTROL OF POLICE: SERIOUS AND TROUBLING EXCESSES OF POLICE POWERS DETERMINED

The Council for Civil Control of Police has, in its 55th session held at the Parliament of Montenegro on 26 October 2015, based on Article 112 […]
23/10/2015

23/10/2015 – ON THE RIGHTS OF JOURNALISTS TO REPORT ON POLICE ACTIONS IN SECURING PROTESTS

On the eve of protests held on Saturday, 24 October 2015, Human Rights Action sent a letter to the Minister of the Interior, Raško Konjević, Police […]
20/10/2015

20/10/2015 – NEW THREATS TO TV VIJESTI DIRECTOR MARIJANA BOJANIĆ

Human Rights Action alerts on the second death threat the TV Vijesti director, Marijana Bojanić, received yesterday from a person who presented himself on social network […]
19/10/2015

19/10/2015 – PROTEST REGARDING NEW CASE OF ATTACKS AND THREATS TO JOURNALISTS

Human Rights Action condemns stoning of TV Pink M facilities and the physical attack on journalist of this television, Ivana Drobnjak, as well as death threats […]
17/10/2015

17/10/2015 – HRA, JUVENTAS AND CEMI JOINT PRESS RELEASE ON THIS MORNING’S POLICE ACTION AGAINST PROTESTERS IN PODGORICA

Bearing in mind the unofficial data that several persons have been arrested on Saturday morning (17 October 2015) during police action against demonstrators in Podgorica, and […]