Edvin Kanka Ćudić

Edvin Kanka Ćudić
Едвин Канка Ћудић
Ćudić in 2023
Born
Edvin Ćudić

(1988-12-31) December 31, 1988
Brčko, Yugoslavia
EducationUniversity of Sarajevo
Ankara University
Occupations
  • Human rights activist
  • journalist
  • martial artist
OrganizationUDIK (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 relativesIbrahim 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]

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] He started learning aikido in 2017 under the guidance of Nihad Klinčević and Pavel Pavelka, eventually furthering his art with Alen Hadžiabdić. 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

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

Selected stories

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. ^ "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.
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  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. ^ a b c Jerković, Matea (3 July 2021). "Edvin Kanka Ćudić: Sarajlije više ne poriču zločine na Kazanima". Oslobođenje.
  12. ^ a b Diković, Jelena (10 December 2020). "Danas se zločini negiraju više nego ikada". Danas.
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  15. ^ "Bosnian gerra ez da inoiz amaitu". Berria. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
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  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.
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  31. ^ Signatories of the Declaration on the Common Language, official website, retrieved on 2018-08-16.
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