We the undersigned strongly condemn all acts of intimidation directed towards Sofija Todorović, program director of the Youth Initiative for Human Rights in Serbia. We are, in particular, deeply concerned about the graffiti daubed on a building near where Ms. Todorović lives. It is imperative that such matters...
The Human Rights Network (HRN) member organizations call on the justice institutions to immediately investigate the case of the graffiti written in the courtyard of the University of Pristina "Hasan Prishtina" calling for the murder of LGBTIQ+ persons. Such writing which calls for murder must be...
After the recently published Public Call of the Office of Communities Affairs (Financial support to NGO projects/programs for raising level of employment of members of non-majority communities, media that contribute to the protection and improvement of the rights and interests of non-majority communities in Kosovo,...
As member organizations of the Human Rights Network (HRN), we strongly condemn the latest decision of the Appeal Commission of the Ministry of Industry, Entrepreneurship and Trade (MINT) to close the Trading Company "Klan Kosova" LLC, an independent media. The Constitution of Kosovo and the applicable...
New Social Initiative expresses unease and worry over the actions of the Regional water supply company Pristina, policemen and some media during a recent action in Gračanica Regional water supply company Pristina commenced this month an action of disconnecting debtors that owed te company more than...
PRESS RELEASE - Civil Society Organizations and Media Civil society organizations and the media strongly condemn the recent attacks on Serbian and Albanian media outlets during their reporting in the north of Kosovo. Attacks on journalists represent a serious threat to media freedom and the democratic...
National Convention on the European UnionWorking Group for Chapter 35 Deeply concerned about the events in the north of Kosovo, we herewith invite the representatives of Belgrade and Pristina to urgently take the necessary measures to calm the situation and return to the dialogue process. To...
Statement: The case of Klan Kosova As member organizations of the Human Rights Network (HRN), we are extremely concerned by the recent decision of the Ministry of Industry, Entrepreneurship and Trade (MINT), respectively the Business Registration Agency of Kosovo (BRAK), to suspend the business certificate of...
Appeal for Peace Deeply concerned about the repressive and aggressive measures taken by the Government of Kosovo and the behavior of special police forces in the north of Kosovo that has the potential to escalate to unfathomable consequences for citizens’ peace and security, and to destroy...
On May 15th, 2023, Kosovo’s Ministry of Justice published a draft of the Strategy for Transitional Justice on the public consultation platform konsultimet.rks. New Social Initiative (NSI) participated in the consultation process related to this document, among other things, by organizing public discussions with members of...