Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Valjeva it was announced on the eve of August 14, when it was announced protest in that city, urging citizens to respect the Constitution and laws and to report every organized gathering to the competent authorities in advance, reports N1.
The Prosecutor's Office announces that organized gatherings in public space can only be held if they are registered in accordance with the law, while the organizers of the gathering must be specific persons with a first and last name, who, in addition to registering the gathering, are also obliged to provide police service.
Students announced the protest plan for August 14 in Valjevo
The Prosecution indicates that a large number of announcements of gatherings in Valjevo for Friday, August 14 - when a gathering is planned on the occasion of the one year anniversary of the protest in that city when the police brutally beat the citizens - have appeared on social networks and in some media in recent days.
Six months since the "blackest night" in Valjevo: Protest regarding the August police brutality
"The Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Valjevo informs the public that these announcements are shared by individuals or groups who have not registered any kind of gathering," the announcement states.
In the announcement, special reference is made to the events of August last year, when, as stated by the Prosecutor's Office, a "serious violation of public order and peace" occurred during an unannounced meeting in Valjevo.
BIRN: The police beat the protesters with fists and batons and kicked them in the head and genitals
On that occasion, according to the Prosecutor's Office, several policemen and citizens were injured, while the premises of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office, the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office, the Misdemeanor Court, the Police Administration and the City Administration were broken into and set on fire.
However, the prosecution nowhere mentioned the brutal beating of citizens by the police.
Photo: Fonet / APPolice intervention at the protest in Valjevo
The High Public Prosecutor's Office says that they do not question the right of citizens to protest, but appeal that this right be exercised in accordance with the Constitution and laws of Serbia.
"Without encroaching on the inviolable right to protest, the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Valjevo appeals to all citizens to respect the Constitution and the Law of Serbia and to report their gatherings to the competent authorities, as well as to refrain from any form of disruption of public order and peace," the statement said.
Photo: Fonet / APPolice cordon in Valjevo
Dacic: Everyone organizes what they want, but not to attack the police
The Minister of Internal Affairs Ivica Dacic reacted to the announcement of the student rally, who reiterated that the rally was not registered and called for respect for public order and peace.
"This implies that everyone organizes what they want, let them do the performances they want, but not to attack the police, anyone and anyone's facilities," Dacic told TV Pink.
Students in the blockade announced a large protest in Valjevo on, as they pointed out, the anniversary of major riots and police brutality against citizens in this city.
The protest rally was called "A year without justice - Valjevo remembers", because no one has yet answered for those events.
Source: H1
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