Eight arrested in Belgrade anti-NATO demo

[Bandito]

Protest was peaceful, with two hundred people present.

Protesters were surrounded with several hundred police officers, brutally beaten up and arrested. For now, it is announced for sure that eight peaceful and nonviolent demonstrators were arrested.

http://www.021.rs/images/stories/Miodrag/anti_nato_4.jpg

Police department refused to give us any kind of information about the arrested, the only information have been provided by lawyer – State and police intend to go for an instant judge and to accuse them for “Obstruction of an official in discharge of duties” and for “Disturbing public order and safety”.

Which would mean that arrested would not have even opportunity to have fair trial, they won’t be able to show any evidence material in their defense. In other words any video footage and photos of arrest on which it is very clear that there was no interference in duties of members of police order and any kind of violent behavior. As situation can’t be much worse than this: They even won’t be able to call witnesses to make a statement in their defense, who would clearly state that their were not any violent or aggressive behavior.

Here is a video of police brutally ending the protest before it even started:
RpN_AV31Oso

[PhoenixAsh]

That is incedibly fucked up. So the law prevents them from doing anything in their own defence?

I think this is all part of the pro-western forces in the government and parliament. Such reprisal and stiffling of anti-western voices is indicative of the succes NATO had in changing the political orientation of Serbia and thereby deminishing their influence on the Balkan economically speaking.

The government can not afford to allow these voices to be heard if they want to remain in power and continue their anschluss policy with the EU and getting NATO to ensure their political dominance within Serbia.

Its a horrible situation.

[SovietEmpireCCCP]

There's the core nature of Fascism!

[TwoSevensClash]

you would think the Serbian government wouldn't care since i bet they hate nato