Asylum-seekers were denied access to asylum; refugees and migrants were forcibly returned to Croatia. The COVID-19 pandemic severely affected care home residents who accounted for most deaths. Freedom of peaceful assembly was under threat.

Following the recent elections and the change of government in Slovenia, the lawsuits against theatre director Jaša Jenull for covering the costs associated with policing of protests attended in 2020 were withdrawn by the Slovenian authorities. Jaša Jenull is among several peaceful protesters who...

Slovenian theatre director Jaša Jenull is facing exorbitant claims to cover the costs associated with policing protests he joined in 2020 against restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly imposed in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Claims for compensation and...

On 16 November a Slovenian court ruled against the transfer of Ali Berisha and his family to Germany, where they would be at risk of being removed to Kosovo. The court annulled two decrees from the Slovenian Ministry of the Interior which had stated that the family should be deported, and stated...

Ali Berisha (m), aged about 36, his wife Mahi (aged 36) and their four children, Dem (m), aged 8, Egzon (m), aged 6, Egzona (f), aged 4 and Haxhi (m), aged 3, all members of the Romani/Ashkali/Egyptiani (RAE) minority community, are at imminent risk of being forcibly removed from Slovenia to...

There is concern that many of approximately 2,000 refugees from Bosnia-Herzegovina currently in Slovenia, are at risk of refoulement when the temporary protection status they have been granted comes to an end on 31 July 1997.