Serbian Authorities Seek Bank Data of Rights Groups, Investigative Media

A department of Serbia’s finance ministry tasked with tackling money laundering and terrorism financing has asked banks to hand over data about the transactions of dozens of individuals and NGOs known for their work on human rights, transparency and exposing corruption.

Journalists and civil society representatives in Serbia have accused the government of trying to silence its critics after it emerged that the finance ministry’s Administration for the Prevention of Money Laundering has sought access to bank data dating from January 1, 2019, for 20 individuals and 37 NGOs, including a number of investigative media outlets and high-profile human rights organisations.

https://birn.eu.com/news-and-events/serbian-authorities-seek-bank-data-of-rights-groups-investigative-media/

#europe #serbia #journalism #journalist #surveillance #privacy

🇷🇸🇺🇦🇺🇸🇷🇺 The U.S. has claimed that it is more equal than others, and it has acted on this claim to the detriment of millions around the world. The world is now pushing back against this.

In the following interview for Strategic Culture Foundation, Daniel Kovalik explains how the U.S.-led war against the former Yugoslavia in 1999 was a fateful and brutal assault against the international order.

It opened the door for the rapid eastward expansion of the NATO military bloc in breach of assurances to Russian leaders. And it thus created the conditions for today’s war in Ukraine. Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine is the culmination of U.S. and NATO aggression that can be traced back to their blitzkrieg against Serbia 23 years ago.

👤Daniel Kovalik is a world-renowned American human rights lawyer, author and commentator on international politics. He teaches international human rights at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Law. He is a human and labor rights attorney who has worked on many cases in Latin America, including helping Colombian workers sue the Coca-Cola Company over alleged widespread abuses. He writes extensively for Counterpunch and Huffington Post. Kovalik is the author of several books including The Plot to Scapegoat Russia.

Read the interview: https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/04/01/us-nato-blitzkrieg-against-serbia-in-1999-led-today-war-ukraine-daniel-kovalik/

#Kosovo #Serbia #Ukraine #UnitedStates #War

@strategic_culture

#NATO Claims ‘Immunity’ to #Serbia Lawsuits on Use of Depleted Uranium in 1999 Bombings

https://dailytelegraph.co.nz/world/nato-claims-immunity-to-serbian-lawsuits-on-use-of-depleted-uranium-in-1999-bombings/

🇫🇷🇷🇸🇷🇺 Macron is going to Belgrade with a "delicate" mission, writes Le Figaro. The main purpose of his visit is to finalize a trade deal that will cost Belgrade three billion euros. But this is far from his only task. He will try to push Serbia away from #Russia, the publication believes.

France officially supports the process of Serbia's accession to the EU, for which #Vucic has been fighting for a long time, despite the fears of the population, the author claims. Macron is expected to arrive in #Belgrade late this afternoon, after which he will immediately hold talks with his Serbian counterpart.

In addition to the #Rafale deal, the two sides are engaged in "preliminary 'shotgun' talks" with French electricity company #EDF on nuclear energy projects. Agreements on cooperation in hydropower, wastewater treatment and healthcare are also envisioned," the newspaper reported.
A discussion on the development of artificial intelligence is scheduled for tomorrow.

@Slavyangrad | Andrei 👋
#Serbia #EU #Nato #Macron

⚡️🇷🇸 Vucic: "Serbia is buying 12 NATO #Rafale fighters of the latest modification and will make Europe safer. This is great news for Serbia."

A deal worth 3 billion euros has been concluded.

@serbia_news
#Serbia #Nato #Macron #Vucic

“A Digital Prison”: Surveillance and the suppression of civil society in Serbia

"Amnesty International’s analysis led to two remarkable discoveries. Firstly, forensic traces revealed that a Cellebrite product had been used to unlock his device. Cellebrite, whose forensic tool allows the extraction of all data on a device and which is used by police departments around the world, claim that they have strict policies to prevent misuse of their product; yet, this discovery provides clear evidence of a journalist’s phone being targeted without any form of due process"

"The second finding of the analysis was even more extraordinary. Amnesty International found traces of a previously unknown form of spyware, which it has named ‘NoviSpy’. NoviSpy allows for capturing sensitive personal data from a target’s phone after infection and provides the ability to turn on the phone’s microphone or camera remotely. "

#NoviSpy #Cellebrite #Serbia

“A Digital Prison”: Surveillance and the suppression of civil society in Serbia

"Amnesty International’s analysis led to two remarkable discoveries. Firstly, forensic traces revealed that a Cellebrite product had been used to unlock his device. Cellebrite, whose forensic tool allows the extraction of all data on a device and which is used by police departments around the world, claim that they have strict policies to prevent misuse of their product; yet, this discovery provides clear evidence of a journalist’s phone being targeted without any form of due process"

"The second finding of the analysis was even more extraordinary. Amnesty International found traces of a previously unknown form of spyware, which it has named ‘NoviSpy’. NoviSpy allows for capturing sensitive personal data from a target’s phone after infection and provides the ability to turn on the phone’s microphone or camera remotely. "

#NoviSpy #Cellebrite #Serbia

https://telegra.ph/Serbia-Twilight-of-a-Balkan-regime-01-30

The question that is now foremost on everybody’s mind is whether the civil unrest in Serbia constitutes a “colour revolution” in progress, as the regime virtuously claims, or an autochthonous phenomenon, driven by domestic grievances, and independent of external influence.
There is evidence that could support either side of this argument.

30/01/2025
@strategic_culture
#Serbia #ColourRevolution #Balkans

#Serbia's youth unemployment is 24% yet they're still importing 100,000 Ghana african workers

#kalergi #WhiteGenocide