Lecturers Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade, they published a statement in which they demanded release arrested in Novi Sad.
"We live in dark times of a government that is highly corrupt and in the grip of organized crime. There is no other way to explain the fact that no one took even indirect political responsibility for last year's mass murders in Belgrade, Dubona and Mali Oraลกje. The government continued to sow hatred, and the reality shows violence and stupidity.
Also, there is no other way to explain the fact that groups of people instructed by the authorities destroyed Novi Sad, while police in hoods, without prior identification, arrested peaceful citizens. And finally, there is no other way to explain the fact that no one has yet been arrested for the recent collapse of the canopy at the railway station in Novi Sad, when 14 people died, while three are still in serious condition.
The possibility that the government is probably looking for someone or some who will take the blame for the right price in order to protect those most responsible for this crime sounds terrifying.
We demand that all those arrested in Novi Sad be released as soon as possible, as well as that all those responsible for the deaths of innocents be arrested as soon as possible. Ignoring these demands inevitably leads to further polarization of society and social conflicts.
In that case, it should be remembered that the government will be the most responsible for such a situation," the statement said.
The statement was signed by 180 professors, associate professors, research associates, researchers, assistants and other employees at the Faculty of Philosophy.
Citizens were taken away in a very rough manner
After the protest in Novi Sad, the police announced that 14 people had been arrested for causing a riot. Former provincial official Goran Jeลกiฤ stated that the exact number of people detained by the police is not known, while the provincial representative of the Movement of Free Citizens, Radivoje Jovoviฤ, told "Vreme" that he had information about 15 arrested citizens.
The citizens were taken away in a very rough manner, some of them were dragged by the policemen without telling them where they were being taken, so among those who watched it, the impression was created that these were kidnappings of citizens, and not police apprehensions.
Lawyer Ivan Niniฤ said that "the total number of those detained is not known, nor is the number of those detained because the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office is acting in one part, the Basic Prosecutor's Office in another part, and we see that the BIA is also acting".
Those detained are charged with violent behavior at a public gathering, assault on an official, destruction of other people's property and possession of stun grenades and objects characterized as cold weapons, such as hammers.
"Police officers of the Novi Sad Police Administration are working intensively on further identification and arrest of all persons who participated in the violence," announced the MUP.