In days when, due to the negligence, incompetence and irresponsibility of the government, brave and humane citizens are taking over the functions of the state and helping the afflicted in flooded and flood-threatened regions, the government is wasting time and energy violating the right to freedom of expression by attacking and shutting down websites, calling on them to assume responsibility.
In just a few days, the blog “Druga strana” (Other side) and portal Teleprompter were temporarily disabled, and Dragan Todorović’s entire blog post on Blic was deleted after he republished a text listing the reasons why Aleksandar Vučić should resign. We have little reason to doubt that similar instances of censorship won’t happen again.
With no strong parliamentary opposition, and just a few print and electronic media outlets providing any critical coverage of the regime, the government of Aleksandar Vučić and his aides is attacking thoughtful, evaluative engagement on the Internet, and stifling freedom of expression. Faced with inconvenient questions and facts, the government is resorting to force — proving they lack the arguments necessary to defend their actions.
We demand that the government immediately cease its attacks on freedom of expression, stop interfering with the publishing practices of critical websites and pages, and to begin answering questions rightfully posed by the public.
We demand that the government respect all other rights and liberties, as well as rule of the law.
We demand that the names of those killed in the floods be published immediately.
We demand transparent management of the money donated to the government.
We demand that all representatives of the government, regardless of their position, assume full moral and legal responsibility for each life lost that could have been saved had the official response not been negligent, incompetent and irresponsible, and also accept liability for the property destroyed that could have been protected had they reacted in an adequate manner.
We demand the end of censorship, and the beginning of responsibility.
Blogs and websites:
Akuzativ
Aleksandar Sekulić – 2389
Aleksandar Šurbatović
Alжirska pisma
Ana Milanović
Angelina Radulović – Piskaralo
Anita Mitić
Biljana – Samokazem
Bob Lebowski (Slobodan Vladuša)
Boban Stojanović
Bozóki Antal
Bozóki Antal (hon)lapja
Ch3d4 (Vojislav Bajakić)
Constrictoria Boa
CRZ Blog
cult – B92 blog
Danubius forum
Dario Hajrić – Sistem i lom
Dejan Pešić
DJ Ivica
Dokona popadija
Dopisi iz Diznilenda
Đorđe Bojović
Džunglica
Edis Đerlek
Euterpaspeaks
FCBK
Ivana Ćirković – Organ Vlasti
Ivy Jbte
Iz glave radio
Izvan kuhinje
Jelica Rogić
Just Bloggin’
Kriza identiteta
Leksikon YU mitologije
Liceulice
Logaritam
Loose Ends in Economics
Luka Božović
Mahlat
Marko Marjanović – Pošteno mu sudite pa da ga streljamo
Mesec, suncokret i ostale priče
Milica Čalija – blog
Milja Lukić
Miloš Đajić
Miloš Sečujski – B92 blog
Mojporrtal.org
Mr Black
Ne verujem u muk istine
Nebojša Knežević – yzmaya
Negoslava’s Blog
Nemam ime, imam komentar
Nenad Duda Petrović
Nešto sasvim neizvesno
Nikola Ćupas – blog
Nikola Kolja Krstić
Novi Sad 2020
Novinarizmi
Novosadsko ubrojčavanje
Od svega po malo
Osmi dan
Ostavite Teslu na miru
Pagankawebshtizza
Panonska revija ludosti
Parunova reč
Pavle Ćosić
Pavle Mihajlović – Tržišno rešenje
Pećko pivo
Peščanik
Politiks tejps
Popovsko Dokonisanje
Prešlicavanje
Pressburger Csaba
Pressburger Csaba
RainDog po treći put među blogerima
Random Code and Beauty of Organic Entities
Raša Karapandža
Sajber Vanderlast
Sandra Simonović
Sara Radojković
Savesna
Spookyludila
Staša Koprivica – 100 lisica
Strahinja Krstić
Troblog
Urošević Ladislav – koordinator Ubuntu zajednice Srbije i FLOSS aktivista
Vazda nešto
Veličković::Blog
Velimir Mladenović – B92 blog
Vladan Slavković – Kraljevo online
VladanBa’s Blog
Vladimir Greblaher – Zovitemeishmael
Vladimir Milutinović – Dvogled
Whatever… Nevermind
While Sleepwalking…
Žarka Radoja – Kontrapress
Žarko Ptiček
Žene sa Interneta
Organizations and movements:
Beograđani protiv prohibicije
Centar za praktičnu politiku
Centrar za marginu
Fondacija Dokukino
Građanske inicijative
Kuća ljudskih prava i demokratije
Mreža za političku odgovornost
Share Fondacija / Share Defense
Udruženi građani za Srbiju (#Udruzeni)
Citizens:
Admir Smajović
Aleksandar Atanasijević
Aleksandar Jovičić
Aleksandar Kezić
Aleksandar Kokotović
Aleksandar Lučić
Aleksandar Stanojković
Aleksandar Živadinović Ćupas
Aleksandra Anokić
Aleksandra Đerić
Aleksandra Jensen
Aleksandra Sokolović
Aleksandra Tomić
Ana Bellotti
Ana Čiča
Ana Kerečki
Ana Manić
Ana Marković
Ana Petrović
Anđela Milivojević
Anica Spasić
Biljana Kovačević
Biljana Kukić
Biljana Marinković
Biljana Mladenović
Biljana Stepanov
Bojan Cvejić
Bojan Radović
Bojana Jevtović
Bojana Miković
Bojana Selaković
Boris Bašić
Boris Lučić
Boris Sijerković
Boško Hadžić
Branislava Nestorov
Branka Dobrić
Dalibor Stojičić
Dana Selaković
Danica Nikolić
Danijel Milošević
Danijela Pejatović
Danijela Rafailović
Danijela Ranković
Danijela Tasić
Darko Vlahović
Dejan Košanin
Dejana Stevkovski
Denis Lazetić
Dijana Hinić
Dimitrije Petković
Đorđe Mančev
Đorđe Trikoš
Dragan Popović
Dragana Kostadinović
Dragana Pećo
Dragana Zlatičanin
Dražen Zacero
Dubravka Nikolić
Dubravka Velat
Dunja Lazić
Đurđa Đukić
Dušica Petrović
Duško Jerkov
Dževid Sadović
Edita Miftari
Emina Kovačević
Filip Perić
Fismir Jahiu
Goran Zarić
Gordana Šajinović
Irina Zahar Hinrichs
Iva Jović
Ivan Lukić
Ivan Popović
Ivan Stanojević
Ivan Stevanović
Ivan Tot
Ivan Vlajić
Ivana Jakovljev
Ivana Mirčetić
Jasmina Lazić
Jasmina Milojević
Jasmina Radovanović
Jelena Jovanović
Jelena Kandić
Jelena Milojković
Jelena Paligorić
Jelena Petrović
Jelena Radanović
Jelena Simić
Jelena Stević
Jelena Tot
Jelisaveta Manojlović
Jelisaveta Mikulić
Jovana Gligorijević
Jovana Jakovljević
Jovana Kolarić
Jovana Pavlović
Jovana Polić
Jovana Prusina
Jovana Radovanović
Jovana Sikimić
Jovana Tripunović
Jovana Vujičić
Jovana Vukić
Katarina Tadić
Ksenija Stojanović
Lav Kozakijević
Lazar Marjanović
Lazar Milovanović
Leopold Rollinger
Ljiljana Bukvić
Ljubica Turudić
Ljubomir Medaković
Luka Rajić
Maja Mićić
Maja Stojanović
Maja Vasić-Nikolić
Maja Vrtarić
Marija Avramović
Marija Đelić
Marija Janković
Marija Maša Bojičić
Marija Milosavljević
Marija Penezić
Marija Radovanović
Marija Stanojčić
Marija Vukosavljević
Marijana Toma
Marina Andromarta Bogojević
Marina Ristanović
Marina Stamenković
Marina Ugrinić
Marko Bogunović
Marko Mitrović
Marko Vidojković
Mašan Minić
Mikaela Smičković
Milan Cvijić
Milan Đukić
Milana Ninković
Milanče Milosavljević
Milena Dragićević
Milica Jovanović
Milica Stojanović
Miljenko Dereta
Milomir Sekulić
Miloranka Ilić
Miloš Avramović
Miloš Dašić
Miloš Janković
Miloš MIhajlović
Miloš Nikolić
Miloš S. Nikolić
Mina Ilić
Mirjana Drašković-Ivica
Mirjana Miočinović
Mirko Rudić
Miroslava Marjanović
Mladen Manojlović
Momir Pejatović
Nada Likar
Natalija Marjanović
Nataša Agbaba
Nataša Mijatović
Nataša Nikolić
Nataša Robulović
Nebojša G. Mirković
Nenad Nikolić
Nenad Vukadinović
Nikola Adžić
Nikola Ristić
Nikola Tomić
Nina Savić
Ognjen Đerić
Olga Gligorović
Peđa Mitrović
Petar Tančić
Radina Vučetić
Radmilo Marković
Rajma Isljami
Ratko Femić
Robert Čoban
Sandra Popović
Sanja Jović
Sanja Zrnić
Sara Dereta
Saška Karamarković
Selma Lazović
Slavica Slatinac
Slavica Stojanović
Slobodan Joksimović
Slobodan Srdić
Snežana Čongradin
Snežana Marković
Sofija Mandić
Sofija Marjanović
Srđan Dinčić
Stefan Aleksić
Stefan Ćorić
Stefan Jovanović
Stefan Šparavalo
Stevan Đekić
Stevan Ristić
Tatjana Radunović
Teodora Tomić
Uroš Jovanović
Vanesa Nikolić
Veljko Radunović
Veselin Nasufović
Vesna Đukanović
Vesna Mićanović
Vesna Miletić
Vesna Pešić
Vesna Vasiljević
Višnja Filipović
Vladimir Marović
Vladimir Stojanović
Vukan Simonović
Vukašin Obradović
Žarko Canić
Žarko Ogrizović
Zdravko Janković
Željka Pantelić
Zoran B. Nikolić
Zorica Filipović
Zorica Šćepanović
This post originally appeared on Vladan’s website. He generously gave us permission to publish it here.
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