{"id":20307,"date":"2025-05-20T10:44:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T09:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.masina.rs\/eng\/?p=20307"},"modified":"2025-05-20T10:44:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T09:44:44","slug":"court-in-novi-sad-still-blockaded-marija-vasic-in-prison-hospital-on-iv-fluids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.masina.rs\/eng\/court-in-novi-sad-still-blockaded-marija-vasic-in-prison-hospital-on-iv-fluids\/","title":{"rendered":"Court in Novi Sad Still Blockaded, Marija Vasi\u0107 in Prison Hospital on IV Fluids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The son of detained professor and activist Marija Vasi\u0107, Milan \u010canak, told Ma\u0161ina<\/em> that no one from the main prison hospital in Belgrade is responding to the family\u2019s inquiries, stating that \u201cthey are silent and pretend to be dead because they are ashamed of their own existence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last Tuesday, Marija Vasi\u0107 \u2013 one of six activists who have been detained for over two months in Novi Sad\u2019s Klisa prison \u2013 began a hunger and thirst strike. Two days later, due to her deteriorating health, she was transferred to the prison hospital in Belgrade. According to her son Milan \u010canak, neither the family nor her lawyers have received any information about her condition since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSince Thursday, when we found out on our own that she is in the hospital at the central prison, we have received absolutely zero information about her. Zero. Nothing,\u201d \u010canak told Ma\u0161ina<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that no one at the prison hospital is responding, that they remain silent and \u201cpretend to be dead because they are ashamed of their own existence.\u201d He also thanked everyone who came to the courthouse in Novi Sad, which has been blockaded by citizens for six days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IV Fluids and Electrolytes in Prison Hospital<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Portal 021 reported that the Directorate for the Execution of Criminal Sanctions told them Marija Vasi\u0107\u2019s health is being monitored and that all vital parameters have been tracked since she began her hunger strike. She is reportedly \u201creceiving fluid, food, and electrolytes through IV infusion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to 021, the Directorate stated that on the same day Vasi\u0107 was admitted to the prison hospital, they informed the public she was in stable condition and placed on IV fluids, through which she is receiving hydration, electrolytes, and vitamin support \u2013 treatment she had refused while in pre-trial detention at the Novi Sad District Prison unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Protest in front of the Central prison in Belgrade; Photo: Ma\u0161ina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A Call to Judges<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Provincial MP and president of the Novi Sad chapter of the Movement of Free Citizens \u2013 of which Marija Vasi\u0107 and most of the detained activists are members \u2013 Radivoje Jovovi\u0107 told Ma\u0161ina<\/em> that the invitation remains open for all court employees working on the case to enter the building through the main entrance and act on the defense\u2019s appeals. Today, the defense’s appeal was accepted and will now be officially considered by the court. The defense is requesting house arrest for the imprisoned activists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe received information that some cases were transferred to the misdemeanor court in Novi Sad and that judges there can also formally and legally hold sessions and make decisions on the appeals. The essential point here is that the deadline has already passed and this case must be resolved urgently. We are simply calling on the judges \u2013 all employees \u2013 to do their jobs. Nothing more. We are blockading this court nonviolently, demanding that they finally do their jobs,\u201d Jovovi\u0107 said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organizers announced that court employees would be allowed to enter the building until 11 a.m., after which the blockade will continue. After entering the building this morning, court employees left en masse before 10:30 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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