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In the respect for human rights in Serbia during the past year, there have been no significant changes, but significant problems continue to be recorded regarding media freedom and expression, violence against journalists, the impunity for war crimes, and workers' rights, stated the State Department in its new annual report on human rights worldwide. Threats and attacks on journalists, non-transparent ownership of media, as well as excessive state involvement in the media sector have undermined the constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of the media and expression, as noted in the section of the report that pertains to Serbia.

The SafeJournalists network indicates that last night's incidents in Vrbas, Bački Petrovac, Novi Pazar, and Belgrade demonstrated that the police are unable to ensure the unhindered work of journalists during the coverage of protests and events of public significance.

The Commercial Court in Belgrade has rejected the lawsuit filed by the publisher of Kurir last year against KRIK, in which it claimed that we disseminated false information and undermined the reputation of this tabloid. The lawsuit followed after KRIK's portal Raskrikavanje, which verifies the accuracy of information published in the media, determined that tabloids published 1,150 manipulative news stories on their front pages during 2023 – of which Kurir accounted for 56. The ruling is not final, and the publisher of Kurir, Mondo Inc., can appeal it.

Oslobođeni SKC has returned the cult radio station to the youth of Belgrade, which existed from 2003 to 2017. By the end of the blockade of SKC on July 22, students had produced over 25 shows as part of the radio program. Although they are in "exile," the students assert that the idea is not dead and that their struggle has not come to an end. SKC Radio is making a comeback.

For six months, the FakeNews tracker archived manipulative news about blockades and protests across Serbia on the portals Informer, Alo, and Novosti, recording an impressive total of 5,773 manipulative news items – an average of 32 per day. The propaganda efforts were intensive and organized. They identified as many as 82 politicians who initiated or joined these deceptions, with Vučić being the record holder with 557 problematic claims.

The following statement was posthumously published on the X account of Palestinian journalist Anas el-Sharif, following an attack on the journalists' tent near al-Shifa Hospital in the city of Gaza. A total of seven people were killed, including el-Sharif, Al Jazeera correspondent Mohamed Kreikah, and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohamed Nufal, and Moamen Ali, according to Al Jazeera.

Journalists from the portal Autonomija.info, founded by the Independent Journalists' Association of Vojvodina, received a direct death threat last night.

According to media reports, former officials and members of the State Security Service Milan Radonjić, Ratko Romić, and Miroslav Kurak have filed a total of 22 lawsuits against individuals and media publishers.