Serbia

08.10.2007 Four persons were injured yesterday in Novi Sad, in an altercation erupting when a group of about 30 members of neo-nazi organizations attacked the citizens that participated in an anti-fascist gathering on the main city square.

03.10.2007 On the occasion of the First International Non-Violence Day, October 2, the Nis branch of AIESEC student organization starts the implementation of the “Violence Around Me” project to education the high school student population on tolerance and non-violent communication.

01.10.2007 Youth Initiative for Human Rights calls upon Governments of Montenegro, Kosovo and Serbia to respect citizen’s right to free access to information of public importance and insists on punishing of those responsible for its derogation.

28.09.2007 The CHRIS Network (Human rights committees in six cities in Serbia: Nis, Negotin, Vranje, Novi Sad, Valjevo, Novi Pazar) strongly condemns the latest violent attack – the bombing of the car of Slobodan Pavlovic, a barrister and human rights protector from Vranje, on the night of September 20.

20.09.2007 The Civic Initiatives Youth Programme was selected as Contact Civil Society Organization for the Youth, under the Government Programme for inclusion of CSOs in the process of implementation of Serbian Poverty Reduction Strategy.

18.09.2007 A group of Serbian nongovernmental organizations appealed to the authorities to ban the announced gathering of the neo-nazi organization “Nacionalni Stroj” (National Ranks), scheduled to take place on October 7 in Novi Sad.

10.09.2007 The Centre for Politics and Euro-Atlantic Partnership from Novi Sad condemns the synchronized efforts of leadership of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) to use anti-Euro-Atlantic rhetoric to face the citizens of Serbia with a fake choice: Euro-Atlantic or Pan-Slavic integrations.

14.08.2007 A new version of the NGO Directory of the Centre for Development of Non-Profit Sector is posted at http://www.crnps.org.yu/direktorijum/index.asp.

13.08.2007 The Balkans Civil Society Development Network (BCSDN) started a new service for assistance toe its members in finding information on fundraising opportunities and civil dialogue.

03.08.2007 Over 100 Roma from Serbia have illegally crossed into Romania this week and submitted requests for asylum. They claim to have been subjected to injustice and attacks in Serbia. Some of them claim they have been beaten by the Police or by Serbs.