Biljana Stojković: The government does not tolerate anyone's voice, which speaks of its weakness

Within five days, six activists of the Zajedno party were detained in Belgrade and Novi Sad.

During the last week, the secretary of the Town Board Zajedno Mladen Cvijetić was detained in Novi Sad without any explanation. He was told that he was being charged with "some crime", about which he had never been informed before.

The co-president of the party, Biljana Stojković, together with four other members, was taken to the police station in Majke Jevrosima in Belgrade last night. She participated with party activists in the action of writing graffiti "Stop violence" on the sidewalk, which was interrupted by officials in front of the National Assembly building.

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After the interrogation, they were released, which Stojković wrote on Twitter and thanked everyone for their support. After the interrogation, they were released, which Stojković wrote on Twitter and thanked everyone for their support.

Stop the violence

"As part of the general civil rebellion, we wanted to emphasize his message: 'Stop violence.' We printed it with a template in several places in the city, and security immediately appeared in front of the Assembly, even though it was a public area," says Stojković for the "Vremena" portal.

According to her, the police officers were very unpleasant. "I can say that at one point we even experienced police torture." The five of us were detained by seven policemen, and one of them twisted the arm of our colleague Srđan Marković during the detention. For something that is, at worst, a communal violation, two police cars rushed over. We were taken to the station, where they told us that we had to wait for the prosecutor's statement. After two hours we were released," says Stojković.

Frequent arrests of activists in Novi Sad

She reminds that activists and members of the People's Party Together are under heavy attack these days.

"Last week, our colleague was arrested in Novi Sad, without any explanation," says Stojković. "Our colleagues are often arrested there, because they have dozens of misdemeanor charges due to civil activism. This government obviously does not tolerate anyone's voice, and only speaks of its weakness at the moment".

Z.S.