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12/01/2017
Discriminacija.ba: SOC: Lawsuit against the company that refused to place posters for Merlinka Festival

Published on web portal www.diskriminacija.ba In January 2016 company that has cooperated with Sarajevo Open Center for years has refused to place posters that announced Merlinka...

09/01/2017
Who is still afraid of… winter – Festival Merlinka for the fifth time in Sarajevo

his year’s Sarajevo edition of Merlinka has a different program than the Belgrade one – including movie premieres, an exhibition, a discussion about bodies in the public...

29/12/2016
To University of Sarajevo’s Senate: Denounce Hate Speech and Discrimination towards LGBTI People!

We expect that the Senate will finally have a discussion on the students’ complaints related to hate speech towards LGBTI people, as it just did with the requests to protect the...

22/12/2016
2016: Kosovo lagging behind in implementation of laws

Although we’ve seen progress in Kosovo in regard to LGBT rights, implementation of laws, and respect of LGBTI rights, authorities have throughout 2016 still lagged behind in...

21/12/2016
Inadequate implementation of Criminal Law in the Republic of Serbia in relation to hate crimes

Recent years in Serbia are marked by evident increase of violence in all social spheres, especially the increase of violence motivated by hatred and prejudice towards LGBTI...

14/12/2016
Hate Crime monitoring networks established in Serbia

Although in 2012 the Criminal Code of Serbia has regulated hate crime as aggravated circumstance, this legal institution is so far little used. Judicial institutions are poorly or...