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19/05/2023

31 YEARS SINCE THE CRIME OF DEPORTATION OF REFUGEES – INVITATION TO MEMORIAL GATHERING

Human Rights Action (HRA), Centre for Civic Education (CCE), and ANIMA – Center for Women and Peace Education, invite to the traditional memorial gathering on Thursday, […]
10/05/2023

DISCRIMINATION OF FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS OF ABDUCTION IN ŠTRPCI

Human Rights Action protests the fact that, at yesterday’s session, members of the National Assembly of Montenegro adopted the Draft Law on Veterans and Disability Protection, […]
09/05/2023

UN ON THE STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN MONTENEGRO  

The Human Rights Action is encouraged by the recommendations that numerous member states of the United Nations gave Montenegro yesterday, on the occasion of the fourth […]
08/05/2023

A lynching caused by personal style – Support for psychologist Petar Marković

Human Rights Action strongly condemns threats of physical violence against psychologist Petar Marković from Bar, which were caused by his visual identity. We expect that the […]
05/05/2023

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE ASSEMBLY OF MONTENEGRO SHOULD SUSPEND LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY UNTIL THE ELECTION OF NEW COMPOSITIONS OF THESE BODIES BASED ON THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS

The Human Rights Action (HRA), the Network for the Affirmation of the Non-Governmental Sector (MANS) and the Association of Lawyers of Montenegro (UPCG) are appealing to […]
03/05/2023

IRCT Press release – Montenegro: IRCT Welcomes Long Delayed Torture Trial, Urges End to Impunity

The IRCT welcomes the start of the long-delayed trial of five police officers, one year after they were indicted by the State Prosecutor of Montenegro for […]
28/04/2023

POLICE TORTURE TRIAL FINALLY BEGINS

The trial of five Podgorica police inspectors for the criminal offense of extorting testimony by severe violence from Marko Boljevic during investigation of the “bombing attacks” […]
21/04/2023

MINISTER ADŽIĆ SUSPENDED THE POLICE INSPECTORS ACCUSED OF TORTURE

In the attached letter, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Filip Adžić, informed the Human Rights Action that he had signed the decisions on 5 April on […]
18/04/2023

24 YEARS SINCE THE CRIME COMMITTED IN KALUDJERSKI LAZ

Today marks 24 years since members of the Army of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia killed 22 and wounded 7 civilians of Albanian nationality who – […]
17/04/2023

THERE IS A NEED TO INVESTIGATE THE MOTIVE OF THE ATTACK ON ATHLETES FROM SARAJEVO AND INTRODUCE SCHOOL POLICE OFFICERS

The Human Rights Action (HRA) strongly condemns the attack on two under-aged athletes from Sarajevo which occurred yesterday in Bar, as well as the recent attacks […]
14/04/2023

Response of HRA Executive Director to Minister of Interior’s Public Accusations

Minister of Internal Affairs Filip Adžić brazenly accused myself and the Human Rights Action organisation  “of destroying public institutions in order to get specific grants”, because of our repeated […]
12/04/2023

U.N. SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF INVESTIGATIONS OF POLICE TORTURE AND UNLAWFUL ACTIONS OF MINISTER ADŽIĆ

Today, the Human Rights Action informed the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Jill Edwards, about the problems in the processing of reports of police […]