Marija Vasić, Lazar Dinić, Mladen Cvijetić, Lado Jovović, Srđan Đurić and Davor Stefanović have been behind bars for a month. Ostensibly, they were planning a "coup d'état", but in fact they are political hostages
They are still behind bars. The process is conducted against the group Novi Sad activists who were arrested and detained about a month ago on the charge of preparing a "coup d'état".
The state does not have any valid evidence that the detainees are from the Movement of Free Citizens and student organization "Stav" had terrorist intentions, i.e. that they intended to overthrow the constitutional order, which is suspected.
Their names are Marija Vasić, Lazar Dinić, Mladen Cvijetić, Lado Jovović, Srđan Đurić and Davor Stefanović.
There is no doubt that these are political prisoners. Their guilt is that they allowed the BIA or whoever to record (most likely illegally) their conversation a few days before the big rally in Belgrade held on March 15.
Then, the regime televisions made a real sensation out of that conversation, which looks like a bar chatter.
It came to them like an ace in ten, to confirm the claims that the students and citizens who have been demonstrating for months all over Serbia are actually terrorists who want to come to power by force.
The prosecutor leading the proceedings is called Slobodan Josimović. Look at the miracles, he also leads the "Canopy" course. His goal, some claim, is to hide many more things than reveal them during the process for the Novi Sad tragedy.
Who are these politicians and activists? What are they fighting for? "Vreme" in its new issue, which is on newsstands from this Thursday, presents six portraits of these detainees.
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Why is there nothing else between the overcome regime and the changes? What does the regime mean when it says it is defending Serbia? Why is the Student Movement indomitable? Who has the knowledge and real experience, and who leads without a day of work experience outside of politics? And why students win
After almost two years of protests, hundreds of kilometers walked, arrests, persecution and unprecedented social mobilization, Serbia is holding elections that could mark the end of a political era. Sociologist Marija Babović tells "Vreme" that the hope for change has not been so great since October 5, 2000, but she also warns of the danger that, if changes are not made, the country will face an even tougher authoritarian regime.
Their only weapon now is the media they control: like, we don't have an agenda, which is not true; as, we will betray the national interest, which is not true. One of their arguments is that we are afraid to go to the debate with Vučić. They do not understand that it is their punishment. This is a punishment for Aleksandar Vučić, who for 14 years conducted exclusively a monologue. For fourteen years he did not allow anyone any kind of dialogue, and now he would like to be rewarded or pardoned with the opportunity to talk to us. Well, he won't be able to. What he sowed is now reaping
These elections are not elections about Serbia's membership in the European Union, Kosovo and Metohija, gay marriage, tax policy or any other single political issue. Although parties on the fringes of political power try to impose these themes, at the heart of the upcoming political election is a much simpler dilemma: change or preserve the existing order. For more than a year now, surveys have shown that this is the primary dilemma on the ballot
In the RS, 19.800 people registered for the elections in Serbia, who will be able to vote at 28 polling stations. It remains unknown how many of them will cross the Drina on October 25 and vote in Serbia. In any case, I do not believe that the voters from Republika Srpska are the ones who will decide the winner of the elections in Serbia. Realistically, the voters from Republika Srpska can influence a little, but it seems that they are symbolically very important to both Vučić and the opposition.
There is, literally, no difference between the one who claims it is day in the middle of the night, or the one who claims to be a giraffe, from the claims we read on billboards: that Vučić is working to unify Serbs and that Serbia is doing better and better day by day.
The pre-election arrests due to the alleged "overthrow of the state" testify to the regime's panic. The bad news for them is - they can't arrest the whole people who decided to defend themselves from progressive beatings and election theft
The ring that tightens around Ćaciland Student list is getting narrower. Because there are more and more spoiled people who see the false prophet for what he is: a street obscener who is fighting Serbia
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