Asylum, Criminal Justice and Media Freedom Discussion with Nikola Kovačević on the right of asylum in Serbia, the limited acceptance rate and the “ping-pong” currently being played by European countries with refugees. We also discuss criminal justice issues, including the right to counsel, pre-trial detention, the independence of the judiciary and overcrowding and other problems of prison conditions. Additionally, we discuss the impact of recent media privatization and the government’s increasing hostility towards critical investigative journalism. Finally, we discuss government criticism of human rights activists and instilling a vibrant civic culture respecting civil and political rights during prolonged economic turmoil. For More Info: http://www.bgcentar.org.rs/bgcentar/eng-lat/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Human-Rights-in-Serbia-2016.pdf http://www.bgcentar.org.rs/bgcentar/eng-lat/right-asylum-republic-serbia-2016/ http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CCPR/Shared%20Documents/SRB/INT_CCPR_CSS_SRB_26659_E.pdf http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fTEXT%2bREPORT%2bA8-2017-0063%2b0%2bDOC%2bXML%2bV0%2f%2fEN&language=EN http://en.yucom.org.rs/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/YUCOM-2015-Annual-Report.pdf http://www.prisonstudies.org/country/serbia https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2017/serbia https://serbia.mom-rsf.org/en/findings/inidicators/#!9fed61067e34232006ff7dcd0ed479d0 http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2017/02/06/the-age-of-total-lies/