President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić and his subordinates, students, professors or journalists, for example, who criticize them accuse them of trying overthrow of the constitutional order, and they want to arrest such people.
So it went and one part of the activists of the Novi Sad group STAV, while the others, six of them, happened to be in Croatia at the time of their arrest where he stayed.
Lawyer Željko Kočić, one of their defense attorneys, announced on Tuesday that Interpol rejected the request of the authorities in Serbia to issue a warrant wanted list, reports the portal 021.rs.
"Interpol sent a letter that it will not act on the requests of the Republic of Serbia regarding the Novi Sad six who are in exile, because the crime they are charged with is a 'political crime', and that the Republic of Serbia cannot use Interpol's channels or police capacities in relation to these persons," stated Kočić.
Interpol's message is that "the mafia has hijacked the state"
Interpol also asked the state authorities in Serbia to stop sending requests regarding those persons because they will not comply with them.
"When Interpol stops cooperating with the state authorities of a country, it is clear that the mafia has hijacked the state. It seems to me that Interpol is preparing major actions in terms of crime in Serbia! The time of responsibility is coming, Interpol is waiting for you!", says lawyer Kočić.
"You won't scare us, your hands are still bloody"
Stav also announced. He announced that Interpol's decision to reject Serbia's request to issue an international warrant for six activists from Novi Sad confirms their claims that political, not criminal, proceedings are being conducted against them.
The activists, who are wanted by the Serbian police, estimated that they have been exposed to "politically motivated persecution" for 16 months, that national warrants have been issued against them, that they have been detained, their personal documents canceled and a trial in absentia scheduled.
Stav claims that the proceedings are conducted without evidence and that it represents an attempt to intimidate activists and citizens who criticize the government.
Novi Sad activists in exile called on prosecutors and judges to "not put themselves at the service of political interests", and citizens not to be afraid and to continue to publicly express their views.
"You won't scare us, you can't drive us away. Your hands are still bloody," said the members of Stav.
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