Edvin Kanka Ćudić

Edvin Kanka Ćudić
Edvin Kanka Ćudić in 2023
1st Coordinator of the UDIK
Incumbent
Assumed office
30 October 2013
Preceded byPosition created
Personal details
BornEdvin Ćudić
(1988-12-31) 31 December 1988
Brčko, Yugoslavia
EducationUniversity of Sarajevo
Ankara University
Writing career
GenreJournalism
Years active2008 - present
Martial arts career
Rank  2nd Dan in Jujutsu
  2nd Dan in Aikido
  1st Dan in Judo
Years active2003 - present
Other information
Notable relativesIbrahim Ustavdić
(maternal great-great-grandfather)

Edvin Kanka Ćudić (Cyrillic: Едвин Канка Ћудић; born 31 December 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]

Biography

Born as Edvin Ćudić on 31 December 1988 in Brčko, the great-great-grandson of the teacher Ibrahim Ustavdić.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6] He is a member of the Aikikai Foundations from Belgrade and Tokyo.[7]

In 2013, Edvin Kanka Ćudić founded and became coordinator of the UDIK.[8][9] In 2019, he was elected in Regional Council of the RECOM Reconciliation Network (RMP).[10][11] Since 2021, he has been a member of the board of directors of the Banja Luka's Center for Democracy and Transitional Justice (CDTP).

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,[12] Berria,[13] Danas,[11] DW,[14] El País,[15] Internazionale,[16] Knack,[17] NIN,[18] Novosti,[19] Oslobođenje,[10] RFE,[20] RTL Nederland,[21] Sveriges Radio, TV E,[22] etc. Ćudić helped to memorialize the crimes at Kazani. He is one of the initiators of the memorial at that site.[10][23][24][25]

As a journalist, he collaborated with many newspapers and magazines, such as Danas, Monitor and Oslobođenje.[26][27][28] In 2017, Ćudić signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.[29] He often received threats related to his work.[30][31][32]

Honours

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).[33] In 2022, the other Bosnian poet Erbein Osmanović dedicated him a poem Geronimo.[34]

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.[35][36][37] 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.[38]

His awards include the following:

Works

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

References

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  2. ^ a b "Edvin Kanka Ćudić - Grobnica nade". danas.rs. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Oslobođenje: 80 godina". oslobodjenje.ba. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
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  5. ^ "Drugi ciklus studija - Fakultet političkih nauka Sarajevo, No. 40, 2018" (PDF). fpn.unsa.ba. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Aikikai Serbia - Dan ispiti". aiki.rs. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
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  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ a b c Jerković, Matea (3 July 2021). "Edvin Kanka Ćudić: Sarajlije više ne poriču zločine na Kazanima". Oslobođenje.
  11. ^ a b Diković, Jelena (10 December 2020). "Danas se zločini negiraju više nego ikada". Danas.
  12. ^ "Decades on, Serbia struggles to prosecute Yugoslav war crimes". AFP. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Bosnian gerra ez da inoiz amaitu". Berria. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
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  19. ^ "Edvin Kanka Ćudić: Za muke bosanskih Hrvata dobrim je dijelom odgovorna Hrvatska". Novosti. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  20. ^ "Ćudić: Sezona lova na one koji podržavaju Povorku ponosa u BiH". RFE. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  21. ^ "Nederland gaat militairen leveren aan Europese vredesmissie in Bosnië". RTL Niews. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  22. ^ "Informativna emisija: 24 sata - Edvin Kanka Ćudić". Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  23. ^ "UDIK: Danas se navršava 28 godina od monstruoznih zločina na Kazanima". danas.rs. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  24. ^ Edina Kamenica (2020). "Priča koja ne govori samo o zločinu: Moji roditelji nemaju grob, zaklali su ih na Kazanima". Oslobođenje. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  25. ^ "Edvin Kanka Ćudić poručuje: Za spomenik ubijenim na Kazanima ne postoji politička podrška". source.ba. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
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  27. ^ "Articles by Edvin Kanka Ćudić - Monitor". monitor.co.me. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
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  29. ^ Signatories of the Declaration on the Common Language, official website, retrieved on 2018-08-16.
  30. ^ "Brčak iz Izraela prijet članovima UDIK-a: Nećeš se izvući iz ovoga Ćudiću – Klix". klix.ba. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  31. ^ "U Sarajevu napadnuti aktivisti UDIK-a". faktor.ba. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  32. ^ "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.
  33. ^ "I ne treba da šutiš - Adem Garić". Adem Garić. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  34. ^ "Geronimo - Edvin Kanka Ćudić". Edvin Kanka Ćudić. 30 March 2019. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  35. ^ "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.
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  38. ^ "Kipar Mirza Morić napravio skulpturu u čast ubijenim Brčacima - Klix". klix.ba. 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  39. ^ "Emerging Europe recognises its champions - Emerging Europe". emerging-europe.com. 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
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