On Tuesday evening, a large number of citizens gathered on Student Square protesting that members of the Criminal Police Directorate broke into the Rectorate. Around 22 p.m., Vladan Đokić, rector of the University of Belgrade, addressed the crowd from the balcony
After several hours of protest due to the fact that the police entered the Rectory on the order of the Prosecutor's Office, around 10:00 p.m., the rector of the University of Belgrade, Vladan Djokic, appeared from the Rector's terrace with a megaphone in his hand. He put his hand on his heart, looking at the plateau below him, crowded with citizens, students, professors and deans, and the gathered people greeted him tumultuously.
"You saw the police at the University, it's not a victory, it's a defeat of the government. This is not an attack on me personally, but an attack on the idea that there is someone and something that the government cannot control," Djokic said.
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"Members of the UKP entered the building without a clear legal explanation and prior notice. They seized computers, receivers, ransacked offices, searched for documents... But they actually came to tell everyone what would happen if they didn't keep quiet," continued the rector, who was interrupted by frenetic applause.
"Instead of an independent investigation into the death of a female student, we got a raid with the media. They wanted a picture of the police in the Rectorate. That picture is meant to scare you," the rector told the crowd, and the police that "they can search the premises of the Rectorate, but they cannot search the conscience of the people".
The rector's address was preceded by clashes with the police and the withdrawal of protestors to Student Square.
Citizens in front of the Rectorate shouted: "We will not give up the Rector!"
Study at UNIRSM and citizens called for a protest in front of the building Rectorate, after members of the Criminal Police Directorate broke into that facility earlier today.
Shortly before the start of the protest, there was an intervention by the police, who suppressed the citizens, and then there were several incidents and physical clashes between the police and the demonstrators.
During the police intervention, the police also pushed the journalist teams.
After several cars were missed, the policemen retreated towards Republic Square, where a physical confrontation took place again.
After a push with the police in front of the Rectorate, members of the Police Brigade retreated towards Republic Square, where they were followed by citizens shouting "1312, servants of the occupier", "av, av" and "kerovi".
A police cordon was formed at the intersection near the National Museum.
At that place, there was a conflict between the police and the citizens again. The police beat the crowd with batons, and some citizens threw soil from planters at them.
The cameras also recorded the apprehension of a young man.
"They hit girls, they hit women, they are merciless," one student told N1.
Some teams of journalists are not allowed to stand behind the cordon.
Shortly after the arrival of the Police Brigade, members of the Gendarmerie arrived in full riot gear.
Although the protest in front of the rectory was announced for 19:00, citizens are constantly gathering at the Student Square from the entrance of the members of the UKP.
As reported by N1, the reporter of that television, as well as the journalist of Our Portal, Ana Mihajlovski, were not let behind the police cordon where the other journalists are.
In Vasa Čarapića Street, at one point there was a physical confrontation between masked police and citizens.
In front of the building of the Rectorate of the University in Novi Sad, a gathering of support for the University of Belgrade is being held.
The academic network Slobodan University invited to the gathering, with the message that the police have no place at the University.
Professors and students gather on the campus of the University of Novi Sad because of "police violence against colleagues in Belgrade".
They carry messages related to the rectors of the universities of Belgrade and Novi Sad, Vladan Đokić and Dejan Madić: "The rector is Đokić, not Madić", "The police were here too, but we have Madić, not Đokić", as well as "No to the occupation of the university".
Unlike the protests in Belgrade, in Novi Sad there are no cordons, nor are there any police officers near the University campus, where the Rector's office is located.
Police Director Dragan Vasiljević said at a press conference on the occasion of the entry of UKP members into the Rectorate, that the police, on the order of the VJT, the request of the High Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade and the order of the High Court in Belgrade, searched the building of the Office of the Registrar, and added that on Tuesday evening "with minimal use of force", the police established public order and peace in the center of Belgrade.
Vasiljević pointed out that the police continued their activities in the case of the death of a female student at the Faculty of Philosophy.
"During the search, which is still ongoing... several assets were found that will be seized and confiscated from the scene and forwarded to the competent prosecutor's office," said Vasiljević.
He emphasized that a large number of "cannon shots, firecrackers, sprays, a large number of walkie-talkies" were found.
"Gas masks, a large number of transparencies, radio devices... A large number of medical equipment, needles, brownies, several packages of different properties, we will see after the analysis what is in those packages," he said.
He adds that the receivers with surveillance camera recordings, which document the entrance to the Faculty of Philosophy, were also confiscated.
"We will see when and at what time the student entered and what happened at the Faculty of Philosophy," explained Vasiljević.
He said that there was an "unbelievable, inappropriate gesture of attack towards members of the security service" against members of the MUP.
"The police investigating the case... are attacked because they are doing their job. It is really inappropriate and completely incomprehensible to me. The police established order and peace with the minimal use of force and continue measures and activities in this case," said Vasiljević.
He emphasized that the police will not do anything outside of what is ordered by the prosecutor and the order of the court, and that the proceedings and procedures will be completed to the end.
"They will not allow attacks on the police, they will not allow disruption of public order and peace. We cannot allow disrespect for the law," he said.
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