Ivan Bijelić

Ivan Bijelić is an environmental human rights defender and a freelance journalist. He is an active member of the environmental initiative Marš sa Drine, an anti-lithium mining movement supporting local communities working to protect their land against lithium and borate mining. In 2023 together with Nikola Ristić, they founded the youth organization SviĆe for democracy and justice in Serbia. They use non-violent civic disobedience actions to raise awareness to matters of public concern such as free and fair elections, corruption and  environmental issues. Ivan Bijelić received the “Green Planet” award in 2023 for his contribution to environmental protection.