Last night, the police detained the activists of Kreni-Promeni who were holding the banner "You will not dig" on the occasion to welcome the Serbian Olympians in front of the Old Court, it says "Danas".
Ilija Vučević, Dušan Janković and another activist were detained after they unfurled a banner with the message "You will not dig" and started chanting "Rio Tinto, march from Serbia". They were released the same evening at around 22:45 p.m. It was only necessary to prevent chanting that would be embarrassing for the president Of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić.
The city councilor of that movement, Jelena Mrkaja, said that according to the first information that the members of the Movement received from the police, they were waiting for "the statement of the prosecutor", reports N1.
The banner does not match the event
As the reason for arresting the activists, the police cited the banner "which is not in accordance with the event".
"We emphasize that the police have no right to detain citizens because of banners." Also, it is particularly problematic that during the chanting of 'Rio Tinto March from Serbia', the program was changed and the tone was disguised in the direct broadcast of the regime's media", according to Kreni-Promeni.
The city councilor of that movement, Jelena Mrkaja, said earlier that their members were legitimized after the ceremonial welcome, and that the activists then folded the banner and headed towards the city when an unknown person stole the banner from them and ran away, after which the police intervention unit took them to the police station. Old town.
Today at 12 o'clock, the deadline for the release of activists Ivan Bjelic, Nikola Ristic and Jevđenije Julijan Dimitrijević, who were detained during the blockade of railway stations in Belgrade on Sunday, and who were sentenced to prison terms of 40 and 30 days respectively, against which their lawyer filed an appeal, expires. . If they are not released, the Association of Environmental Organizations of Serbia threatens new blockades.
Source: Danas, N1
