In the face of censorship!

A joint action of a group of bloggers, against censorship in Serbia

Nikola Jovanovic
8 min readMay 24, 2014

If you have friends in non-Serbian media, do let them know that a fast growing group of bloggers and citizens of Serbia are raising their voice and addressing more and more frequent censorship efforts of our government, which is obviously trying to avoid the responsibility for its unprofessional reaction to recent floods in Serbia, causing huge number of human casualties and enormous material damage.

Translation of original text U lice cenzuri is done by Ana Milanović. Dieser Text ist auch in Deutsch verfügbar.

In the days when, due to neglect, incompetence and irresponsibility of the government, brave and humane citizens are taking over the functions of the state and helping the afflicted in the flooded and flood-threatened regions — the government is wasting time and energy on violating the freedom of expression by attacking and shutting down websites calling for them to assume responsibility.

In just a few days, blog “Druga strana” (Other side) and portal “Teleprompter” were temporarily disabled, and the entire Dragan Todorović’s blog on “Blic” portal was deleted after he had re-published a text listing the reasons why Aleksandar Vučić should resign. We have no reason to doubt that similar instances of censorship will happen in the future.

With the lack of strong parliamentary opposition, and just a few print and electronic media critiquing the regime, the government of Aleksandar Vučić and its aids are attacking the critical thought on the Internet, stifling freedom of expression. Faced with inconvenient questions and facts, the government is resorting to force, proving they lack arguments to defend their actions.

We demand the government immediately stop attacking the freedom of expression, stop interfering with critical websites and pages, and to start answering questions rightfully posed by the public.

We demand the government respect all other rights and liberties, as well as rule of the law.

We demand the names of those killed by the floods be published immediately.

We demand transparency in managing the donated money.

We demand all the representatives of the government, regardless of their governing position, assume full moral and legal responsibility for each life that could have been saved had they not been neglectful, incompetent and irresponsible, as well as for destroyed property that could have been protected had they adequately reacted.

We demand the end of censorship and the beginning of responsibility.

Blogovi i stranice:

1 Akuzativ

2 Aleksandar Sekulić — 2389

3 Aleksandar Šurbatović

4 Alжirska pisma

5 Ana Milanović

6 Angelina Radulović — Piskaralo

7 Anita Mitić

8 Belgrade Edt Culture

9 Biljana — Samokazem

10 Bob Lebowski (Slobodan Vladuša)

11 Boban Stojanović

12 Boris Drenča — B92 blog

13 Bozóki Antal (hon)lapja

14 Ch3d4 (Vojislav Bajakić)

15 Constrictoria Boa

16 CRZ Blog

17 cult — B92 blog

18 Danubius forum

19 Dario Hajrić — Sistem i lom

20 Dejan Pešić

21 DJ Ivica

22 Dnevnik slučajne domaćice

23 Dokona popadija

24 Dopisi iz Diznilenda

25 Đorđe Bojović

26 Dragana Đermanović blog

27 Džunglica

28 Edis Đerlek

29 Euterpaspeaks

30 FCBK

31 Građanski krug

32 Ivana Ćirković — Organ Vlasti

33 Ivy Jbte

34 Iz glave radio

35 Izvan kuhinje

36 Jelica Rogić

37 Just Bloggin’

38 Karanfilić

39 Kolopletilište

40 Kolumnista

41 Kontrapress

42 Kriza identiteta

43 Leksikon YU mitologije

44 Liceulice

45 Logaritam

46 Loose Ends in Economics

47 Luka Božović

48 Mahlat

49 Majlab Tribune

50 Marko Jakšić

51 Marko Marjanović — Pošteno mu sudite pa da ga streljamo

52 Mesec, suncokret i ostale priče

53 Milena Stošić

54 Milica Čalija — blog

55 Milja Lukić

56 Miloš Đajić

57 Miloš Sečujski — B92 blog

58 Mr Black

59 Ne verujem u muk istine

60 Nebojša Knežević — yzmaya

61 Negoslava’s Blog

62 Nemam ime, imam komentar

63 Nenad Duda Petrović

64 Nešto sasvim neizvesno

65 Nikola Ćupas — blog

66 Nikola Kolja Krstić

67 Novi Sad 2020

68 Novinarizmi

69 Novosadsko ubrojčavanje

70 Objektivno bolje

71 Od svega po malo

72 ODLEP

73 Osmi dan

74 Ostavite Teslu na miru

75 Pagankawebshtizza

76 Panonska revija ludosti

77 Parunova reč

78 Pavle Ćosić

79 Pavle Mihajlović — Tržišno rešenje

80 Pećko pivo (srpski) & PeckoPivo@Medium (english)

81 Peščanik

82 Politiks tejps

83 Popovsko Dokonisanje

84 Prešlicavanje

85 Pressburger Csaba

86 RainDog po treći put među blogerima

87 Random Code and Beauty of Organic Entities

88 Raša Karapandža

89 Sajber Vanderlast

90 Sandra Simonović

91 Sara Radojković

92 Savesna

93 Spookyludila

94 Staša Koprivica — 100 lisica

95 Strahinja Krstić

96 Troblog

97 Urošević Ladislav — koordinator Ubuntu zajednice Srbije i FLOSS aktivista

98 Vazda nešto

99 Veličković::Blog

100 Velimir Mladenović — B92 blog

101 Vladan Slavković — Kraljevo online

102 VladanBa’s Blog

103 Vladimir Greblaher — Zovitemeishmael

104 Vladimir Milutinović — Dvogled

105 Whatever… Nevermind

106 While Sleepwalking…

107 Žarko Ptiček

108 Žene sa Interneta

Organizacije i pokreti:

1 Beograđani protiv prohibicije

2 Centar E8

3 Centar za praktičnu politiku

4 Centar za marginu

5 Civil Rights Defenders

6 Evropski pokret u Srbiji

7 Fondacija Dokukino

8 Građanske inicijative

9 Kuća ljudskih prava i demokratije

10 Mreža za političku odgovornost

11 Share Fondacija / Share Defense

12 Srbija u pokretu

13 Udruženi građani za Srbiju (#Udruzeni)

14 Vojvođanski građanski centar

15 Za zdravu opštinu Stara Pazova

Građanke i građani:

1 Admir Smajović

2 Adriana Milićev

3 Aleksa Tamindžić

4 Aleksandar Atanasijević

5 Aleksandar Đoković

6 Aleksandar Jovičić

7 Aleksandar Kezić

8 Aleksandar Kokotović

9 Aleksandar Lučić

10 Aleksandar Stanojković

11 Aleksandar Vujić

12 Aleksandar Živadinović Ćupas

13 Aleksandra Anokić

14 Aleksandra Đerić

15 Aleksandra Ivanović

16 Aleksandra Jensen

17 Aleksandra Jovanović

18 Aleksandra Sokolović

19 Aleksandra Tanasin

20 Aleksandra Tomić

21 Alisa Oćuz

22 Ana Bellotti

23 Ana Čiča

24 Ana Kerečki

25 Ana Manić

26 Ana Marković

27 Ana Petrović

28 Ana Vučković

29 Anđela Milivojević

30 Angelina Radovanović

31 Anica Spasić

32 Biljana Kovačević

33 Biljana Kukić

34 Biljana Marinković

35 Biljana Mladenović

36 Biljana Stepanov

37 Bojan Cvejić

38 Bojan Radović

39 Bojana Cekić

40 Bojana Femić

41 Bojana Jevtović

42 Bojana Miković

43 Bojana Selaković

44 Boris Bašić

45 Boris Lučić

46 Boris Sijerković

47 Borislava Latković

48 Boško Hadžić

49 Branislava Nestorov

50 Branka Dobrić

51 Branka Romanić Todorović

52 Brankica Mandić

53 Dalibor Stojičić

54 Damir Marton

55 Dana Selaković

56 Danica Nikolić

57 Danijel Brakus

58 Danijel Milošević

59 Danijela Pejatović

60 Danijela Rafailović

61 Danijela Ranković

62 Danijela Tasić

63 Darko Vlahović

64 Dejan Košanin

65 Dejana Stevkovski

66 Denis Lazetić

67 Dijana Hinić

68 Dimitrije Petković

69 Đorđe Mančev

70 Đorđe Petrović

71 Đorđe Trikoš

72 Dragan Popović

73 Dragana Kostadinović

74 Dragana Pećo

75 Dragana Todorović

76 Dragana Zlatičanin

77 Dražen Zacero

78 Dubravka Nikolić

79 Dubravka Velat

80 Dunja Lazić

81 Đurđa Đukić

82 Dušica Petrović

83 Duško Jerkov

84 Dževid Sadović

85 Edita Miftari

86 Emina Kovačević

87 Filip Perić

88 Fismir Jahiu

89 Goran Miletić

90 Goran Zarić

91 Gordana Đurić

92 Gordana Milačić

93 Gordana Šajinović

94 Gordana Vrbić

95 Gorica Gligorijević

96 Irena Antonović

97 Irina Zahar Hinrichs

98 Iva Jović

99 Ivan Lukić

100 Ivan Popović

101 Ivan Stanojević

102 Ivan Stevanović

103 Ivan Tot

104 Ivan Vlajić

105 Ivana Jakovljev

106 Ivana Mirčetić

107 Ivana Pajić

108 Jasmina Lazić

109 Jasmina Milojević

110 Jasmina Radovanović

111 Jelena Aleksić Đurović

112 Jelena Dukarić

113 Jelena Jovanović

114 Jelena Kandić

115 Jelena Milojković

116 Jelena Paligorić

117 Jelena Petrović

118 Jelena Radanović

119 Jelena Simić

120 Jelena Stević

121 Jelena Tot

122 Jelisaveta Manojlović

123 Jelisaveta Mikulić

124 Jovana Gligorijević

125 Jovana Jakovljević

126 Jovana Kolarić

127 Jovana Milić

128 Jovana Pavlović

129 Jovana Polić

130 Jovana Prusina

131 Jovana Radovanović

132 Jovana Ristić

133 Jovana Sikimić

134 Jovana Simić

135 Jovana Spremo

136 Jovana Tripunović

137 Jovana Vujičić

138 Jovana Vukić

139 Katarina Tadić

140 Ksenija Stojanović

141 Lav Kozakijević

142 Lazar Marjanović

143 Lazar Milovanović

144 Leopold Rollinger

145 Ljiljana Bukvić

146 Ljiljana Petrović

147 Ljubica Turudić

148 Ljubomir Medaković

149 Luka Rajić

150 Maja Aleksić

151 Maja Mićić

152 Maja Rogić

153 Maja Stojanović

154 Maja Vasić-Nikolić

155 Maja Vrtarić

156 Marija Avramović

157 Marija Đelić

158 Marija Janković

159 Marija Maša Bojičić

160 Marija Milosavljević

161 Marija Pavlović

162 Marija Penezić

163 Marija Radovanović

164 Marija Stanojčić

165 Marija Vukosavljević

166 Marijana Mašić

167 Marijana Toma

168 Marina Andromarta Bogojević

169 Marina Ristanović

170 Marina Stamenković

171 Marina Ugrinić

172 Marjan Maruna

173 Marko Bogunović

174 Marko Mitrović

175 Marko Vidojković

176 Maša Petković

177 Maša Živojinović

178 Mašan Minić

179 Mikaela Smičković

180 Milan Cvijić

181 Milan Đukić

182 Milan Lakić

183 Milana Malenić

184 Milana Ninković

185 Milanče Milosavljević

186 Milena Bogavac

187 Milena Dragićević

188 Milica Jovanović

189 Milica Stojanović

190 Milica Vasić

191 Miljenko Dereta

192 Milomir Sekulić

193 Miloranka Ilić

194 Miloš Avramović

195 Miloš Dašić

196 Miloš Janković

197 Miloš Kuvekalović

198 Miloš MIhajlović

199 Miloš Nikolić

200 Miloš S. Nikolić

201 Mina Ilić

202 Mirjana Drašković-Ivica

203 Mirjana Miočinović

204 Mirko Rudić

205 Miroslava Marjanović

206 Mladen Manojlović

207 Mladen Mlađenović

208 Momir Pejatović

209 Nada Likar

210 Natalija Marjanović

211 Nataša Agbaba

212 Nataša Mijatović

213 Nataša Nikolić

214 Nataša Robulović

215 Nebojša G. Mirković

216 Nenad Nikolić

217 Nenad Vukadinović

218 Nikola Adžić

219 Nikola Pavlović

220 Nikola Ristić

221 Nikola Stanković

222 Nikola Tomić

223 Nina Savić

224 Ognjen Đerić

225 Olga Gligorović

226 Peđa Mitrović

227 Pera Marković

228 Petar Tančić

229 Predrag Voštinić

230 Radina Vučetić

231 Radmilo Marković

232 Rajma Isljami

233 Ratko Femić

234 Robert Čoban

235 Sandra Popović

236 Sanja Anđelković

237 Sanja Jović

238 Sanja Pavlović

239 Sanja Zrnić

240 Sara Dereta

241 Saška Karamarković

242 Selma Lazović

243 Slavica Slatinac

244 Slavica Stojanović

245 Slaviša Marenović

246 Slobodan Joksimović

247 Slobodan Srdić

248 Slobodan Srdić

249 Slobodan Todorović

250 Snežana Čongradin

251 Snežana Joksimović

252 Snežana Marković

253 Snežana Radošević

254 Sofija Mandić

255 Sofija Marjanović

256 Srđan Dinčić

257 Stefan Aleksić

258 Stefan Ćorić

259 Stefan Jovanović

260 Stefan Šparavalo

261 Stevan Đekić

262 Stevan Ristić

263 Svetlana Stefanović

264 Tamara Spaić

265 Tanja Mladenović

266 Tatjana Radunović

267 Teodora Tomić

268 Tešić Andrijana

269 Tomislav Mrčela

270 Uroš Jovanović

271 Vanesa Nikolić

272 Veljko Radunović

273 Veselin Nasufović

274 Vesna Đukanović

275 Vesna Mićanović

276 Vesna Miletić

277 Vesna Pešić

278 Vesna Vasiljević

279 Viktor Nagradić

280 Violeta Šošić

281 Višnja Filipović

282 Višnja Pokorni

283 Vladimir Marović

284 Vladimir Stojanović

285 Vuk Velebit

286 Vukan Simonović

287 Vukašin Obradović

288 Zdravko Janković

289 Zoran B. Nikolić

290 Zorana Šobot Matić

291 Zorica Filipović

292 Zorica Šćepanović

293 Žarka Radoja

294 Žarko Canić

295 Žarko Ogrizović

296 Željka Pantelić

As many people and blogs are joining the initiative, the list is growing really quickly. I will try to keep up the list updated.

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Nikola Jovanovic

@peckopivo is an HR Professional, CSR Freak and soon to be Social Entrepreneur, Social Media Advocate, a Refugee and a Blogger