{"id":20382,"date":"2025-07-11T14:08:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T13:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.masina.rs\/eng\/?p=20382"},"modified":"2025-07-11T14:12:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T13:12:27","slug":"more-baseless-arrests-escalating-repression-breeds-fiercer-resistance-in-serbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.masina.rs\/eng\/more-baseless-arrests-escalating-repression-breeds-fiercer-resistance-in-serbia\/","title":{"rendered":"More Baseless Arrests: Escalating Repression Breeds Fiercer Resistance in Serbia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">&#8220;Did they hit the police? Did they break through the blockade? Try approaching an officer and slapping him,&#8221; said Interior Minister Ivica Da\u010di\u0107 about the situation in U\u017eice and the arrests of protestors. He claims the individuals were not detained for protesting but for assaulting police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday, seven people arrested in U\u017eice were sentenced to 30 days of detention after a highway blockade in the city took place. Yesterday, two more joined them in custody. Among them are prominent student activist Pavle Cicvari\u0107 as well as Radovan Novakovi\u0107, a lawyer and city councilor. Legal professionals quickly mobilized in response as the Bar Association of Serbia (AKS) launched a three-day nationwide strike in protest of the detention of their colleague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vladimir Prijovi\u0107, a member of the AKS Governing Board, told media outlet N1 that the decision to stop work for three days is meant to &#8220;draw attention to the illegality of detaining a fellow lawyer in U\u017eice, to show solidarity, and to protest against the unlawful actions of state authorities \u2013 particularly the judiciary in this case.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citizens also showed support for the detainees: a large protest was held Wednesday in U\u017eice. At the protest, Radovan Cicvari\u0107, the father of student Pavle Cicvari\u0107, declared that &#8220;tonight U\u017eice is the center of the struggle for freedom in Serbia.&#8221; He added that &#8220;the evil that has imprisoned the people of U\u017eice is the same evil that has imprisoned the rest of the population.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In fighting that evil, we must all participate and set aside our differences. If fate has decided that the fight for Serbia\u2019s freedom begins in U\u017eice \u2013 then so be it,&#8221; Cicvari\u0107 said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"container-lazyload preview-lazyload container-youtube js-lazyload--not-loaded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tSBuCuGhXmM\" class=\"lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube\" data-video-title=\"Radovan Cicvari\u0107, otac Pavla Cicvari\u0107a na protestu u U\u017eicu\" title=\"Play video &quot;Radovan Cicvari\u0107, otac Pavla Cicvari\u0107a na protestu u U\u017eicu&quot;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tSBuCuGhXmM<\/a><noscript>Video can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tSBuCuGhXmM\" title=\"Radovan Cicvari\u0107, otac Pavla Cicvari\u0107a na protestu u U\u017eicu\">Radovan Cicvari\u0107, otac Pavla Cicvari\u0107a na protestu u U\u017eicu (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tSBuCuGhXmM)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Instilling Fear: Protests as \u201cTerrorism\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A similar situation has been unfolding in the central city of Kraljevo. On Wednesday, the opposition in that city walked out of a municipal assembly session after holding up a banner reading &#8220;Justice for Ivan&#8221; and speaking against the ruling Serbian Progressive Party councilors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The banner refers to Ivan Matovi\u0107, who was arrested along with five others on suspicion that he had planned to &#8220;violently overthrow the constitutional order&#8221; during the St. Vitus protest. Five others were also detained, and one was placed under house arrest with electronic monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among those arrested were former Military Union president Novica Anti\u0107 and Ivan Matovi\u0107, a representative of the opposition group &#8220;Starosedeoci&#8221; (&#8220;Natives&#8221;) in Kraljevo, as well as veterans who support the student movement. Two students share the same fate. In short, critics of the government are again being targeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday, the court upheld the appeal of the Higher Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office in Belgrade and ordered 30-day detention for them as well, according to the state media outlet, Radio Television Serbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just before St. Vitus, the Speaker of the Serbian Parliament Ana Brnabi\u0107 announced that &#8220;arrests, detentions, and identification of terrorist organizations&#8221; would continue. President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 proclaimed that &#8220;people now understand that violence is their [protestors\u2019] ultimate goal.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This scenario is strongly reminiscent of the events in March of this year, when activists in Novi Sad faced a similar crackdown ahead of a major protest in Belgrade. At that time, regime-affiliated media were actively paving the way for repression with ominous reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on an illegally obtained audio recording aired on pro-government television, Novi Sad activists and students ended up in prison cells. After two grueling months of mass protests, a hunger and thirst strike, and persistent public pressure, all the individuals were all released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It now appears that seems a similar scenario is playing out again. Citizens will once more have to seek justice in the streets. In line with that, a blockade of institutions in U\u017eice was announced yesterday. As one lawyer previously put it: &#8220;We have to act outside of institutions, because the institutions don\u2019t listen to us.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It appears that once again, justice for the arrested \u201cterrorists\u201d will come slowly. And yet, it also seems that the current authorities \u2013 despite the way activists were liberated in Novi Sad \u2013 still have not learned their lesson. Their attempts to instill fear tend to backfire and inevitably lead instead to solidarity among citizens. In this political climate, intensified repression does not instill fear and silence but instead courage and resolve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>M.B., A.M.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>30 days of detention have been ordered for nine residents of the western city of U\u017eice following protests during which citizens broke through the police cordon. Ahead of the St. Vitus protest on June 28, police detained eight other individuals and accused them of planning to potentially &#8220;undermining the constitutional order&#8221; \u2013 in other words, terrorism. Seven of them received the same sentence as those from U\u017eice. In total, 16 people are currently behind bars, three of whom are students. Through this move, the Serbian government demonstrated its intent to again apply the methods it used in Novi Sad, where six activists were detained on similar charges in March 2025. However, as it turns out, the public\u2019s response to such heightened repression and oppression is heightened resistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20383,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[296,347,118],"form":[71],"concept":[188],"contents":[153],"coauthors":[5],"class_list":["post-20382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-repression","tag-resistance","tag-solidarity","form-news","concept-society","contents-society","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-25"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>More Baseless Arrests: Escalating Repression Breeds Fiercer Resistance in Serbia - Ma\u0161ina English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.masina.rs\/eng\/more-baseless-arrests-escalating-repression-breeds-fiercer-resistance-in-serbia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"More Baseless Arrests: Escalating Repression Breeds Fiercer Resistance in Serbia - Ma\u0161ina English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"30 days of detention have been ordered for nine residents of the western city of U\u017eice following protests during which citizens broke through the police cordon. 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