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08/09/2020

HRA PROTESTS PUNISHING TORTURE IN PRISON WITH SUSPENDED SENTENCES

The Human Rights Action (HRA) condemns Podgorica High Court’s decision to sentence all ten prison officers convicted of torturing prisoners in the Administration for execution of […]
05/09/2020

OPINION OF THE CITIZENS OF MONTENEGRO CONCERNING WARS IN FORMER YUGOSLAVIA AND THE PROSECUTION OF WAR CRIMES – PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY

Authorities are unwilling to prosecute war crimes; politicians from the 1990s should withdraw More than half of the surveyed citizens (53.6%) believe that the current ruling […]
05/08/2020

PROTECT FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: PROTEST AGAINST CRIMINALIZING INSULT

HRA protests the arrest of R.R. from Danilovgrad for posting insulting comments for President Milo Djukanović and DPS MP Petar Ivanović on his Facebook profile. Judging […]
29/07/2020

UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT NOTIFIED OF COMPLAINTS OF POLICE TORTURE IN THE “BOMB ATTACK” INVESTIGATION

The Human Rights Action (HRA), in cooperation with the Autonomous Civil Movement (ACM), informed the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or […]
28/07/2020

Lawyer Marković’s comments represent hate speech and threats towards the LGBT community

The Coalition “Together for LGBT Rights”, which member is Human Rights Action (HRA), most decidedly condemns hate speech directed to the LGBTIQ community and our allies […]
23/07/2020

Monitoring Freedom of Expression & Right to Privacy during COVID-19 Outbreak

Monitoring Freedom of Expression & Right to Privacy during COVID-19 Outbreak
21/07/2020

PROPOSALS OF THE MEDIA LAW AND NATIONAL BROADCASTER LAW: HRA WRITES TO THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE

The Human Rights Action (HRA) informed the Committee on Political System, Justice and Administration of the Montenegrin Parliament, about HRA’s proposed amendments to the existing proposals […]
21/07/2020

A flaw in the investigation of reports of police torture: the State Prosecutor’s Office did not order forensic medical examination of the Jovan Grujicic’s bodily injuires in a timely manner

Human Rights Action (HRA) expected the State Prosecutor’s Office of Montenegro to publish information about activities taken to date to investigate three indepent criminal complaints of […]
19/07/2020

REPORT: Monitoring Freedom of Expression & the Right to Privacy during COVID-19 Outbreak

Human Rights Action (HRA) has published a report “Monitoring Freedom of Expression & the Right to Privacy during the COVID-19 Outbreak” which analyses four cases involving […]
15/07/2020

HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION’S RESPONSE TO POLICE AUTHORITY’S DENIAL

The Human Rights Action(HRA) recently published anannouncement regarding claims of torture and extortion of evidence levelled against the Montenegrin Crime Police. The reports are all connected […]
14/07/2020

EFFECTIVE INVESTIGATION NEEDED: REPORTS OF TORTURE BEING USED TO EXTRACT CONFESSION IN CASE OF ATTACKS ON “GRAND” AND GOLUBOVIĆ’S HOUSE

Human Rights Action (HRA) wishes to inform the public that all three alleged participants in the case of bomb attacks on the bar “Grand” and the […]
13/07/2020

VIDEO „Freedom of Expression“

The video clip “The right to freedom of expression without intimidation’’ was created within the project “Monitoring Application of Human Rights Standards during COVID-19 Outbreak’’ which […]