On Wednesday 30 April, the European Court of Human Rights, ruling exceptionally on demonstrations in progress, announced that it was taking an “interim measure” to prohibit Serbia from using “sound devices for crowd control”.
This decision follows a request from 47 Serbian nationals, who testified to loud sounds and sound waves that occurred on 15 March 2025 during the fifteen minutes of silence observed in tribute to the victims of the collapse of a canopy at Novi Sad station in...