At the panel discussion “Freedoms Under Pressure: Civil Society and Digital Oversight in Serbia and Abroad”, organised by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) on 31 October in Belgrade, speakers warned that digital surveillance and spyware use are rapidly becoming tools of political control in Serbia and across Europe, posing severe risks to human rights and democracy.

Organised by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP), the Sandbox Conference titled "Human Rights Defenders Under Attack" concluded earlier this week.

Civil society in Serbia strongly condemns the targeting of Maja Stojanović and Dragan Popović by the President of the Republic of Serbia, which has directly led to new threats and intimidation through pro-government tabloids.

This paper analyses the official narratives on the civil society in Serbia in relation to them as a vehicle to the state capturing process.

Due to severe threats and calls for violence targeting civil society representatives and journalists by certain MPs from the Serbian Progressive Party, without any sanctions, Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) suspends all communication and cooperation with the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia.

We hereby express our dissatisfaction with the lack of reforms that the Government of Serbia has accepted to implement in the EU accession process, the deterioration of respect for democratic principles and the rule of law, the presence of hate speech and the increase in violence against individuals, journalists, media, those who do not share views of the current political establishment and civil society organizations, which are guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Serbia, who present critical views of the work and results of state institutions and bodies.

The educational policy study presents to the wider public basic and up-to-date information on the importance of the role of civil society in fighting organised crime.

Lessons learned from Slovak security sector reform, country's priorities during OSCE chairmanship, its cyber security and fighting disinformation practices were some of the topics discussed during the study trip to Slovakia organized by OSCE Mission to Serbia and GlobSec for Serbian civil society organizations dealing with security issues from 10 to 14 June 2019. BCSP researcher Jelena Pejicand Intern Marina Radovanovic were among civil society representatives who participated in ...

{image1} Security sector reform is a complex concept that Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) wants to bring closer to youth and everyone who is interested to know more about security. This is the reason BCSP initiated #bezbednostABC (securityABC) and gathered students to present these topics in an understandable way through different online platforms. First workshop, focused on basic concepts, was held on 18 and 19 April 2019 in ...