Edvin Kanka Ćudić

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Edvin Kanka Ćudić
Едвин Канка Ћудић
Edvin Kanka Cudic 2023.jpg
Ćudić in 2023
Born
Edvin Ćudić

(1988-12-31) December 31, 1988 (age 37)
Brčko, Yugoslavia
Education University of Sarajevo
Ankara University
Occupations
  • Human rights activist
  • journalist
  • martial artist
Organization UDIK (2013–present)
Writing career
Genre
Years active2008–present
Martial arts career
Rank 2nd Dan–Jujutsu
 2nd Dan–Aikido
 1st Dan–Judo
Years active2003–present
Other information
Notable relatives Ibrahim Ustavdić
(maternal great-great-grandfather)

Edvin Kanka Ćudić (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic : Едвин Канка Ћудић; born December 31, 1988) is a Bosnian human rights activist, martial artist and journalist who is best known as the leader of the UDIK, a non-governmental organisation campaigning for human rights and reconciliation in the former Yugoslavia. [1] In 2023, he won the Kemal Kurspahić International Journalist Award for best published story in Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian for his story "Grobnica nade" (The Grave of Hope). [2] [3]

Contents

His main work focuses on human rights, dealing with the past, minorities, peacebuilding and democracy. [4]

Biography

Born as Edvin Ćudić on 31 December 1988 in Brčko, the great-great-grandson of the teacher Ibrahim Ustavdić. [5] He grew up in Gračanica and Brčko. He studied at the University of Sarajevo and Ankara University. He got a bachelor's degree in journalism from University of Sarajevo in 2012. In 2018 earned his master's degree in political science. [6]

At the age of 14, in Brčko he began to study jujutsu and was very quickly introduced to aikido. [1] Aikido began practicing in 2017 under Alen Hadžiabdić in Sarajevo. In 2022 in the Vrnjačka Banja he graded 1st Dan by Saša Obradović Shidoin. [7] He is a member of the Aikikai Foundations from Belgrade and Tokyo. [8]

In 2013, Edvin Kanka Ćudić founded the UDIK. [9] [10] In 2019, he was elected in Regional Council of the RECOM Reconciliation Network (RMP). [11] [12] Since 2021, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of the CDTJ in Banja Luka. Also, since 2024, he is an International Consultant of the International Committee for Morita Therapy (ICMT), a section of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy in Tokyo. [13]

He 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 AFP, [14] Berria, [15] Danas, [12] DW, [16] El País, [17] Internazionale, [18] Knack, [19] NIN, [20] Novosti, [21] Oslobođenje, [11] RFE, [22] RTL Nederland, [23] Sveriges Radio, TV E, [24] etc. Ćudić helped to memorialize the crimes at Kazani. He was one of the initiators of the memorial of the Kazani pit in the hills above Sarajevo. [11] [25] [26] [27]

As a journalist, he collaborated with many newspapers and magazines, such as Danas, Monitor and Oslobođenje. [28] [29] [30] In 2017, Ćudić signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins. [31] He often received threats related to his work. [32] [33] [34]

Awards and recognition

In 2012, the Bosnian poet Adem Deniz Garić dedicated to Edvin Kanka Ćudić a poem "I ne treba da šutiš" (And you should not be silent). [35] The poem was a response to the Ćudić's story "Neću da šutim" (I Won't Be Silent). Ten years later, other Bosnian poet Erbein Osmanović dedicated him a poem "Geronimo". [36]

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 titled "Možda bi trebalo da ih mrzim" (Maybe I should hate them), written by Edvin Kanka Ćudić in 2011. The monument was installed in Paris. [37]

His awards and recognition include the following:

Works

Selected stories

References

  1. 1 2 "Edvin Kanka Ćudić - Biografija". biografija.org. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Edvin Kanka Ćudić - Grobnica nade". danas.rs. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Oslobođenje: 80 godina". oslobodjenje.ba. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Founder". udik.org. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "Edvin Kanka Ćudić". goodreads.com. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "Drugi ciklus studija - Fakultet političkih nauka Sarajevo, No. 40, 2018" (PDF). fpn.unsa.ba. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Aikikai Serbia - Dan ispiti". aiki.rs. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  8. ↑ "Aikikai Serbia - Yudanshe po pojasu". aiki.rs. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  9. ↑ "Founder – UDIK" . Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Edvin Kanka Ćudić o UDIK-u: Kako smo nastali, kome smetano i kako nam prijete". znamo.ba. Archived from the original on 17 January 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  11. 1 2 3 Jerković, Matea (3 July 2021). "Edvin Kanka Ćudić: Sarajlije više ne poriču zločine na Kazanima". Oslobođenje.
  12. 1 2 Diković, Jelena (10 December 2020). "Danas se zločini negiraju više nego ikada". Danas.
  13. ↑ "Founder". udik.org. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  14. ↑ "Decades on, Serbia struggles to prosecute Yugoslav war crimes". AFP. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  15. ↑ "Bosnian gerra ez da inoiz amaitu". Berria. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  16. ↑ "Manipulacija žrtvama – kreiranje "zlih politika"". DW. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  17. ↑ "La memoria, última trinchera de la guerra de Bosnia". El País. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  18. ↑ "Trent'anni dopo Srebrenica, i giovani bosniaci reclamano un futuro". internazionale.it. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  19. ↑ "30 jaar na de burgeroorlog in Bosnië-Herzegovina: 'Het was beter tijdens de oorlog'". knack.be. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  20. ↑ "Region marks 25 years since the end of armed conflicts: Arrests occur, but justice remains elusive". nin.rs. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  21. ↑ "Edvin Kanka Ćudić: Za muke bosanskih Hrvata dobrim je dijelom odgovorna Hrvatska". Novosti. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  22. ↑ "Ćudić: Sezona lova na one koji podržavaju Povorku ponosa u BiH". RFE. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  23. ↑ "Nederland gaat militairen leveren aan Europese vredesmissie in Bosnië". RTL Niews. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  24. ↑ "Informativna emisija: 24 sata - Edvin Kanka Ćudić" . Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  25. ↑ "UDIK: Danas se navršava 28 godina od monstruoznih zločina na Kazanima". danas.rs. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  26. ↑ Edina Kamenica (2020). "Priča koja ne govori samo o zločinu: Moji roditelji nemaju grob, zaklali su ih na Kazanima". Oslobođenje. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  27. ↑ "Edvin Kanka Ćudić poručuje: Za spomenik ubijenim na Kazanima ne postoji politička podrška". source.ba. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2018.[ permanent dead link ]
  28. ↑ "Articles by Edvin Kanka Ćudić - Oslobođenje". oslobodjenje.ba. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  29. ↑ "Articles by Edvin Kanka Ćudić - Monitor". monitor.co.me. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  30. ↑ "Articles by Edvin Kanka Ćudić - Danas". danas.rs. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  31. ↑ Signatories of the Declaration on the Common Language, official website, retrieved on 2018-08-16.
  32. ↑ "Brčak iz Izraela prijet članovima UDIK-a: Nećeš se izvući iz ovoga Ćudiću – Klix". klix.ba. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  33. ↑ "U Sarajevu napadnuti aktivisti UDIK-a". faktor.ba. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  34. ↑ "U Sarajevu napali Edvina Kanku Ćudića i vikali 'vođo pedera': Zašto policija nije zatražila fotografiju napadača?!". depo.ba. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  35. ↑ "I ne treba da šutiš - Adem Garić". Adem Garić. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  36. ↑ "Geronimo - Edvin Kanka Ćudić". Edvin Kanka Ćudić. 30 March 2019. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  37. ↑ "Kipar Mirza Morić napravio skulpturu u čast ubijenim Brčacima - Klix". klix.ba. 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  38. ↑ "Ko je ko u BiH - knjiga o najznačajnijim ličnostima u BiH - Novo Vrijeme". novovrijeme.ba. 5 August 2017. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  39. ↑ "Sadržaj biografskog leksikona Ko je ko u BiH – izdanje 2014–2018 – Ko je ko u BiH". kojekoubih.ba. 5 August 2017. Archived from the original on 17 March 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  40. ↑ "Sadržaj biografskog leksikona Ko je ko u BiH – izdanje 2018–2022 – Ko je ko u BiH" (PDF). kojekoubih.ba. 5 August 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
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