3 minutes agoAmerican Congressman Chris Smith: Serbia's atmosphere of impunity recalls Milosevic's time
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(5 years ago)US Congressman from New Jersey Chris Smith said there are serious problems and obstacles to respecting human rights in Serbia, and that the atmosphere of impunity reminds Slobodan Milosevic of the time. A member of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee reacted to reports of the arrest and illegal harassment of [...]
A member of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee reacted to reports of the arrest and illegal harassment of Konstantin Katic, when, as he stated, Serbian authorities stopped him at Belgrade airport, where they beat him for about four hours and threatened him with a tweet that offends the president.
Such human rights violations can only take place in an atmosphere of impunity when abusers are not afraid of the consequences for their actions”, Smith said, adding that it reminded Slobodan Milosevic's old “
Serbian People's Party Vice-President Zdravko Ponos said last week that BIA officials “stepped in and hit” party member Konstantin Katak for nearly four hours because of a Twitter post insulting Serbian President Aleksandar Vucinq, posted on a Twitter account, which was his secular.
The People's Party legal team presented a criminal outcry to the Prosecutor for Organised Crime against BIA leaders Bratislav Gashic and Marko Parrezanovic and three officers who arrested him illegally and beat and tortured Katic at Belgrade Airport on Sunday, 26 September.
