Freedom House: Serbia ranks partly free

It said that the country’s Freedom in the World (56/100) and its Freedom on the Net (67/100) ratings both dropped classifying it as partly free.

The Nations in Transit (43/100) rating is transitional or hybrid regime.

“The Serbian government’s response to student-led protests caused that country’s internet freedom status to change from Free to Partly Free. When people took to the streets across the country to call for justice and transparency following the deadly collapse of a train station canopy in Novi Sad in November 2024, authorities detained individuals who spoke out in support of the protests online and employed Cellebrite technology to search the phones of journalists and activists,” the Freedom on the Net 2025 report said.

The report recalled that Serbians mobilized nationwide to protest corruption following the deadly collapse of a train station canopy in November 2024. “The government detained people who supported the protests online, causing Serbia’s internet freedom status to change from Free to Partly Free,” it said.