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14/02/2019
Merlinka in Sarajevo finished – Festival that breaks prejudice, shows openness and brings happiness

In Sarajevo, from 7 to 9 February 2019, SOC organised the seventh International Queer Film Festival Merlinka. Since Merlinka carries a specific topic each year, this year's slogan...

07/02/2019
BHRT THINKING BOX- MERLINKA IN SARAJEVO

Watch our program coordinator Lejle Huremović in the youth show "Thinking Box" where she presented this year's content of the International Queer Film Festival - Merlinka in...

07/02/2019
Strategic approach to LGBTI persons

In order to strengthen local organizations working on LGBTI human rights,Sarajevo Open Centre has signed a contract on sub granting Tuzla Open Centre and Cetre for Youth KVART....

07/02/2019
Criminal offenses based on hate crime

We are proud to announce that a module on criminal offenses based on hate crime at the Police Academy (FBiH). The training will last for two months and all cadets for the rank...

04/02/2019
Russia: End the persecution of LGBTI people in Chechnya

Accoridng to the report of Amnesy International, LGBTI people in Chechnya are being abducted, locked up in secret detention sites, tortured and sometimes killed - purely because...

01/02/2019
TV1: I am a lesbian, so be it – Queer Film Festival Merlinka

Watch SOC Program Coordinator Lejla Huremović talk about festival Merlinka in...