Freedom House top researcher on Serbia’s decline in freedom and media pressure

Slipowitz – “The long trend for Serbia has been one of decline Just to kind of put this into historical context, Serbia has dropped by 25 points over the last decade on our 100-point scale. This is quite a significant drop in freedom. And if you look globally, it’s actually only five countries have experienced a larger decline than Serbia during those 10 years. And this is because of steady erosion of rights and liberties, legal and extralegal pressure that’s being put on independent media, the political opposition, and civil society organizations.