Claim

Claim 732

The U.S. State Department's human rights report says Serbia's government abolished the Law on Public Information, which Milosevic had used to silence independent media, in October 2000.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: The U.S. State Department's human rights report says Serbia's government abolished the Law on Public Information, which Milosevic had used to silence independent media, in October 2000.
Field: status
Value: law abolished October 2000
About: incident 1998-serbia-public-information-act-fines
Source: Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
Publisher: U.S. Department of State
Method: official statement
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: high
Status: current
Source date: 2002

Quotation from the source

In October 2000, the Government abolished the Law on Public Information, which former President Milosevic used to silence the independent media during the Kosovo crisis.