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Human Rights Watch 2018: Serbia/Kosovo

By   /  18/01/2019  /  Development/Humanitarian  /  Comments Off on Human Rights Watch 2018: Serbia/Kosovo

Last year Serbia recorded slight improvement in human rights protection, while the journalists remained unsecured and human rights activists were regularly exposed to online threats, the Human Right Watch (HRW) said. In the part of the report dealing with Kosovo HRW said journalists faced threats and intimidation too, while criminal proceedings regarding crimes against them […]

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Human Rights Watch: Serbia/Kosovo, Events of 2016

By   /  18/01/2018  /  International  /  No Comments

Serbia Progress in human rights protection was limited in 2016. Asylum seekers and migrant arrivals decreased, but the asylum system remains flawed with inadequate protections for unaccompanied children. Attacks and threats against journalists remain a problem. War crimes prosecutions progress remains slow. The Roma minority continue to face housing discrimination and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and […]

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UN ‘Must Compensate All Kosovo Lead Poison Victims’ (Balkan Insight)

By   /  08/09/2017  /  International  /  No Comments

The UN’s failure to compensate victims of lead poisoning at UN-run camps for people displaced by the Kosovo war left families struggling to care for sick relatives, says a Human Rights Watch report. In a new report published on Thursday, Human Rights Watch calls on the United Nations to pay individual compensation to Kosovo Roma […]

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HRW: Kosovo PM threatens journalists himself (gazetametro)

By   /  01/12/2016  /  Articles from Kosovo media  /  No Comments

The Human Rights Watch published on Wednesday a report which notes that journalists across the Western Balkans face a hostile environment that impedes their ability to do critical reporting. “In Kosovo, the Association of Journalists of Kosovo registered 14 cases of violence and threats against journalists in 2015, and eight cases in the first half […]

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HRW: Media freedom under threat in Western Balkans (Telegrafi/HRW)

By   /  15/07/2015  /  Articles from Kosovo media  /  No Comments

Journalists in the Western Balkans work in a hostile environment that directly affects their ability to do critical, independent reporting essential to a democratic society, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia should take immediate steps to create safe working conditions for the media […]

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UNMIK Headlines 29 June

By   /  29/06/2015  /  UNMIK Media Reports - Morning Edition  /  No Comments

• Thaci: We will establish special court next time around (Zeri)
• Haradinaj: We will establish the court on our own (Zeri)
• US says Kosovo trial at mercy of Russia (Indeksonline/Globalnews)
• Human Rights Watch chief reacts to special court vote (Koha)
• EU counts on “Merkel factor” for a successful dialogue (Koha)
• Belgrade to insist on establishment of Association/Community (Zeri)
• Jablanovic: The Association/Community will not be an NGO (Telegrafi)
• EU and Kosovo to condition Serbia with Presevo Valley (Epoka e Re)

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