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In 2013, Edvin Kanka Ćudić founded and become coordinator of the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.udik.org/sarajevo/founder/?lang=en|title=Founder – UDIK|publisher=|accessdate=15 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.znamo.ba/edvin-kanka-cudic-o-udik-u-kako-smo-nastali-kome-smetamo-i-kako-nam-prijete/|title=Edvin Kanka Ćudić o UDIK-u: Kako smo nastali, kome smetano i kako nam prijete|publisher=znamo.ba|accessdate=18 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117110834/http://www.znamo.ba/edvin-kanka-cudic-o-udik-u-kako-smo-nastali-kome-smetamo-i-kako-nam-prijete/|archive-date=17 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2019, he was elected in Regional Council of the ]. In 2013, Edvin Kanka Ćudić founded and become coordinator of the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.udik.org/sarajevo/founder/?lang=en|title=Founder – UDIK|publisher=|accessdate=15 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.znamo.ba/edvin-kanka-cudic-o-udik-u-kako-smo-nastali-kome-smetamo-i-kako-nam-prijete/|title=Edvin Kanka Ćudić o UDIK-u: Kako smo nastali, kome smetano i kako nam prijete|publisher=znamo.ba|accessdate=18 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117110834/http://www.znamo.ba/edvin-kanka-cudic-o-udik-u-kako-smo-nastali-kome-smetamo-i-kako-nam-prijete/|archive-date=17 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2019, he was elected in Regional Council of the ].


In UDIK he started activism with public commemorations dedicated to the victims of past war in the former Yugoslavia (1991-2001). At that time, some war crimes were commemorated for the first time in Sarajevo, as well as in other cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia. These commemorations traced Ćudić to one of the most famous human rights activists in Bosnia and Herzegovina.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/udik-obiljezio-23-godisnjicu-stradanja-civila-u-selu-trusina-kod-konjica/160415083|title= UDIK obilježio 23. godišnjicu stradanja civila u selu Trusina|publisher=klix.ba|date=15 April 2016 |accessdate=2019-08-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/u-sarajevu-odata-pocast-zrtvama-vukovara/131117036|title= U Sarajevu odata počast žrtvama Vukovara|publisher=klix.ba|date=17 November 2013 |accessdate=2019-08-12}}</ref> Through his actions and efforts, he helped to memorize the crimes at ]. He is one of the initiators of the memorial at that site.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oslobodjenje.ba/dosjei/intervjui/edvin-kanka-cudic-sarajlije-vise-ne-poricu-zlocine-na-kazanima-669926 |title=Edvin Kanka Ćudić: Sarajlije više ne poriču zločine na Kazanima|publisher=oslobodjenje.ba|date=2017-08-05 |accessdate=2020-12-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.danas.rs/vesti/drustvo/udik-danas-se-navrsava-28-godina-od-monstruoznih-zlocina-na-kazanima/|title=UDIK: Danas se navršava 28 godina od monstruoznih zločina na Kazanima|publisher=danas.rs|date=2017-08-05 |accessdate=2020-12-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Priča koja ne govori samo o zločinu: Moji roditelji nemaju grob, zaklali su ih na Kazanima|url=https://www.oslobodjenje.ba/dosjei/teme/prica-koja-ne-govori-samo-o-zlocinu-moji-roditelji-nemaju-grob-zaklali-su-ih-na-kazanima-598656?fbclid=IwAR05WmB_bcEA4refjNZYg5pjk3EAcHJQ2G8LDCfAg7z6knxXIvx0EcHI6lg |publisher=Oslobođenje |author=Edina Kamenica |year=2020 |accessdate=2020-10-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dw.com/bs/kazani-zona-odgovornosti-cacine-brigade/a-18022201-- |title=Edvin Kanka Ćudić poručuje: Za spomenik ubijenim na Kazanima ne postoji politička podrška |publisher=source.ba |date=2016-10-25 |accessdate=2018-08-31 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In UDIK he started activism with public commemorations dedicated to the victims of past war in the former Yugoslavia (1991-2001). At that time, some war crimes were commemorated for the first time in Sarajevo, as well as in other cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia. Through his actions and efforts, he helped to memorize the crimes at ]. He is one of the initiators of the memorial at that site.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oslobodjenje.ba/dosjei/intervjui/edvin-kanka-cudic-sarajlije-vise-ne-poricu-zlocine-na-kazanima-669926 |title=Edvin Kanka Ćudić: Sarajlije više ne poriču zločine na Kazanima|publisher=oslobodjenje.ba|date=2017-08-05 |accessdate=2020-12-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.danas.rs/vesti/drustvo/udik-danas-se-navrsava-28-godina-od-monstruoznih-zlocina-na-kazanima/|title=UDIK: Danas se navršava 28 godina od monstruoznih zločina na Kazanima|publisher=danas.rs|date=2017-08-05 |accessdate=2020-12-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Priča koja ne govori samo o zločinu: Moji roditelji nemaju grob, zaklali su ih na Kazanima|url=https://www.oslobodjenje.ba/dosjei/teme/prica-koja-ne-govori-samo-o-zlocinu-moji-roditelji-nemaju-grob-zaklali-su-ih-na-kazanima-598656?fbclid=IwAR05WmB_bcEA4refjNZYg5pjk3EAcHJQ2G8LDCfAg7z6knxXIvx0EcHI6lg |publisher=Oslobođenje |author=Edina Kamenica |year=2020 |accessdate=2020-10-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dw.com/bs/kazani-zona-odgovornosti-cacine-brigade/a-18022201-- |title=Edvin Kanka Ćudić poručuje: Za spomenik ubijenim na Kazanima ne postoji politička podrška |publisher=source.ba |date=2016-10-25 |accessdate=2018-08-31 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Ćudić has given interviews and provided commentaries on a range of issues from his area of expertise, including ], post-conflict recovery, and ] to many national and international media outlets including the ],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elpais.com/internacional/2018/11/07/actualidad/1541612115_961961.html%3foutputType=amp |title=La memoria, última trinchera de la guerra de Bosnia|publisher=elpais|date=16 July 2019 |accessdate=2019-07-16}}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.berria.eus/mundua/bosnian-gerra-ez-da-inoiz-amaitu_1299077_102.html|title=Bosnian gerra ez da inoiz amaitu|publisher=berria.eus|date=16 July 2019 |accessdate=2019-07-16}}</ref>, ],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240227-decades-on-serbia-struggles-to-prosecute-yugoslav-war-crimes|title=Decades on, Serbia struggles to prosecute Yugoslav war crimes|publisher=france24|date=16 July 2019 |accessdate=2019-07-16}}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/hr/manipulacija-%C5%BErtvama-kreiranje-zlih-politika/a-62685436|title=Manipulacija žrtvama – kreiranje "zlih politika"|publisher=dw.com|date=16 July 2019 |accessdate=2019-07-16}}</ref> Oslobođenje, ],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slobodnaevropa.org/a/cudic-sezona-lova-na-one-koji-podrzavaju-povorku-ponosa-u-bih/30060562.html|title=Ćudić: Sezona lova na one koji podržavaju Povorku ponosa u BiH|publisher=slobodnaevropa.org|date=16 July 2019 |accessdate=2019-07-16}}</ref> ] and BIRN.


He often received threats related to his work.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/brcak-iz-izraela-prijeti-clanovima-udik-a-neces-se-izvuci-iz-ovoga-cudicu/140724130|title=Brčak iz Izraela prijet članovima UDIK-a: Nećeš se izvući iz ovoga Ćudiću – Klix|publisher=klix.ba|date=24 July 2014 |accessdate=2016-11-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.faktor.ba/vijest/u-sarajevu-napadnuti-aktivisti-udik-a-236114|title=U Sarajevu napadnuti aktivisti UDIK-a|publisher=faktor.ba|date=11 February 2017|accessdate=5 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://depo.ba/clanak/191242/u-sarajevu-napali-edvina-kanku-cudica-i-vikali-vodo-pedera-zasto-policija-nije-zatrazila-fotografiju-napadaca |title=U Sarajevu napali Edvina Kanku Ćudića i vikali 'vođo pedera': Zašto policija nije zatražila fotografiju napadača?!|publisher=depo.ba|date=16 July 2019 |accessdate=2019-07-16}}</ref> He often received threats related to his work.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/brcak-iz-izraela-prijeti-clanovima-udik-a-neces-se-izvuci-iz-ovoga-cudicu/140724130|title=Brčak iz Izraela prijet članovima UDIK-a: Nećeš se izvući iz ovoga Ćudiću – Klix|publisher=klix.ba|date=24 July 2014 |accessdate=2016-11-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.faktor.ba/vijest/u-sarajevu-napadnuti-aktivisti-udik-a-236114|title=U Sarajevu napadnuti aktivisti UDIK-a|publisher=faktor.ba|date=11 February 2017|accessdate=5 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://depo.ba/clanak/191242/u-sarajevu-napali-edvina-kanku-cudica-i-vikali-vodo-pedera-zasto-policija-nije-zatrazila-fotografiju-napadaca |title=U Sarajevu napali Edvina Kanku Ćudića i vikali 'vođo pedera': Zašto policija nije zatražila fotografiju napadača?!|publisher=depo.ba|date=16 July 2019 |accessdate=2019-07-16}}</ref>
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Revision as of 09:35, 27 February 2024

Bosnian human rights activist

Edvin Kanka Ćudić
Edvin Kanka Ćudić in 2017
Member of the Regional Council of the
RECOM Reconciliation Network for
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 16, 2019
LeaderNataša Kandić
Preceded byDženana Karup Druško
1st Coordinator of the UDIK
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 30, 2013
Preceded byPosition created
Personal details
BornEdvin Ćudić
(1988-12-31) 31 December 1988 (age 35)
Brčko, Yugoslavia
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
EducationUniversity of Sarajevo
Ankara University
Writing career
GenreJournalism
Years active2008 - present
Martial arts career
Rank  2nd Dan in Jujutsu
  1st Dan in Judo
  1st Dan in Aikido
Years active2003 - present

Edvin Kanka Ćudić (Cyrillic: Едвин Канка Ћудић; born 31 December 1988) is a Bosnian human rights activist, martial artist and author who is best known as the leader of the UDIK, a non-governmental organisation campaigning for human rights and reconciliation in the former Yugoslavia.

Biography

Born as Edvin Ćudić on 31 December 1988 in Brčko, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina (at the time part of Yugoslavia). He grew up in Gračanica and Brčko. He studied at the University of Sarajevo and Ankara University. He got bachelor's degree in journalism from University of Sarajevo in 2012. In 2018 earned his master's degree in political science.

At the age of 14, Ćudić joined the Academy of Martial Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina (a member of the International Martial Arts Federation - IMAF Europe), led by Boško Vidović in Brčko. He trained for eight years and earned a 1st Dan in jujutsu. In 2017 he earned a 1st Dan in judo. He began practicing aikido in 2017 under Alen Hadžiabdić in Sarajevo. In 2022 in the Vrnjačka Banja he graded 1st Dan by Saša Obradović Shidoin. He is member of the Aikikai Serbia.

From 2006 to 2008, Ćudić was a jujutsu instructor at the martial arts schools belonging to the Academy of Martial Arts of the Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Donji Žabar and in Gornji Zovik near Brčko.

As a journalist, he collaborated with many regional media outlets, including Danas, Monitor and Oslobođenje. In 2017, he signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.

In 2013, Edvin Kanka Ćudić founded and become coordinator of the UDIK. In 2019, he was elected in Regional Council of the RECOM Reconciliation Network.

In UDIK he started activism with public commemorations dedicated to the victims of past war in the former Yugoslavia (1991-2001). At that time, some war crimes were commemorated for the first time in Sarajevo, as well as in other cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia. Through his actions and efforts, he helped to memorize the crimes at Kazani. He is one of the initiators of the memorial at that site.

Ćudić has given interviews and provided commentaries on a range of issues from his area of expertise, including genocide denial, post-conflict recovery, and human rights to many national and international media outlets including the El País, Berria,, AFP, DW, Oslobođenje, RFE, HRT and BIRN.

He often received threats related to his work.

Honours

In 2012, the Bosnian poet Adem Deniz Garić dedicated him a poem I ne treba da šutiš (And you should not be silent). In 2014 and 2018, in the biographical lexicon Ko je ko u BiH (Who is Who in B&H), Edvin Kanka Ćudić is listed among the most significant people in Bosnia and Herzegovina today, which through their works and actions contribute to a better Bosnia and Herzegovina and who make this country a happier place.

In 2019, the Bosnian-born French sculptor Mirza Morić created a memorial dedicated to the killed civilians in Brčko (1992-1995). Morić engraved the whole story called Možda bi trebalo da ih mrzim (Maybe I should hate them), written by Edvin Kanka Ćudić in 2011. The monument was installed in Paris. In 2022, the Bosnian poet Erbein Osmanović dedicated Edvin Kanka Ćudić a poem Geronimo.

His awards include the following:

  • Emerging Europe Award, Category: Young Influencer of the Year (2019)
  • Kemal Kurspahić International Journalist Award (2023)

Bibliography

  • Taj maj '92. (Brčko, 2012)
  • Ne u naše ime: s one strane srbijanskog režima (Sarajevo, 2019)

References

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Preceded byPosition created Coordinator of UDIK
2013– 		Incumbent
Preceded byDženana Karup Druško Member of the Regional Council of the RECOM Reconciliation Network for Bosnia nad Herzegovina
2019– 		Incumbent
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