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24/12/2017

HOLIDAY GREETINGS

23/12/2017

28/12/2017 IN DANGER: INDEPENDENCE OF RADIO AND TELEVISION OF MONTENEGRO (RTCG), FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND LEGAL ORDER; BY: PROPOSAL FOR DISMISSAL OF A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL OF RTCG

Human Rights Action (HRA) condemns the proposal of the Administrative Committee of the Parliament of Montenegro for dismissal of a member of the Council of Radio-Television […]
18/12/2017

17/12/2017 CASE OF “MISS PAT”

Last week, the final verdict was passed sentencing those responsible for deaths of at least 35 adults and children in the “Miss Pat” shipwreck in 1999 […]
15/12/2017

15/12/2017 PROSECUTOR TO EFFICIENTLY REACT UPON OMBUDSMAN’S OPINION OF ABUSE OF PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS IN DOBROTA

Human Rights Action (HRA) expects the Basic State Prosecutor’s Office in Kotor to take all necessary steps to urgently prosecute medical technician with the Special Psychiatric […]
10/12/2017

9/12/2017 HRA ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS DAY: MESSAGES OF VICTIMS

The Human Rights Day – a reminder that 69 years ago the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which Article 1 reads as follows: “All human beings are born […]
08/12/2017

7/12/2017 EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO JUDGE THE RESPONSE OF MONTENEGRO TO POLICE TORTURE

The victims of police brutality in Zlatarska Street in Podgorica, Branimir Vukčević and Momčilo Baranin, will be submitting an application to the European Court of Human […]
30/11/2017

30/11/2017 CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF MONTENEGRO FINDS FAILURE TO INVESTIGATE VIOLENT ATTACK TO BE A VIOLATION OF JOURNALIST’S RIGHT TO LIFE

Human Rights Action (HRA) and Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) welcome the decision of the Constitutional Court of Montenegro, supported by all seven judges, which found […]
20/11/2017

19/11/2017 STATE PROSECUTOR TO INVESTIGATE VEHICLE ARSON TARGETING JOURNALIST MIROSLAV DROBNJAK

Human Rights Action (HRA) calls on the state prosecution of Montenegro to provide an effective investigation of attack on the property of journalist Miroslav Drobnjak, by […]
17/11/2017

16/11/2017 COUNCIL OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF MONTENEGRO FAILED TO ADOPT THE COMPLAINT OF JOURNALIST TUFIK SOFTIĆ FOR UNKNOWN REASONS -THE SESSION OF ALL JUDGES WILL DECIDE

Council members of the Constitutional Court of Montenegro today, for unknown reasons, voted against the proposal of Judge Rapporteur Miodrag Iličkovic for adoption of the constitutional […]
16/11/2017

16/11/2017 COUNCIL OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF MONTENEGRO FAILED TO ADOPT THE COMPLAINT OF JOURNALIST TUFIK SOFTIĆ FOR UNKNOWN REASONS -THE SESSION OF ALL JUDGES WILL DECIDE

Council members of the Constitutional Court of Montenegro today, for unknown reasons, voted against the proposal of Judge Rapporteur Miodrag Iličkovic for adoption of the constitutional […]
04/02/2017

4/2/2017 BETTER DAYS IN SPECIAL PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL WITH PROJECTS OF NGOs

According to the World Health Organization, every fourth person at least once in a lifetime experiences some of the mental difficulty, disorder or disease. Mental disease, […]
29/01/2017

29/1/2017 ON THE DRAFT LAW ON AMENDMENTS TO THE CRIMINAL CODE: NO STRONGER PROTECTION FOR JOURNALISTS & FREE SPEECH REGARDING JUDICIARY AT RISK

The Ministry of Justice in the Draft Law on Amendments to the Criminal Code (CC) did not include any of several proposals for stronger legal protection […]