{"id":64687,"date":"2024-01-16T10:12:22","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T09:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=64687"},"modified":"2024-01-16T10:13:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T09:13:30","slug":"serbian-opposition-politician-released-from-pre-trial-detention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/serbian-opposition-politician-released-from-pre-trial-detention\/","title":{"rendered":"Serbian opposition politician released from pre-trial detention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Serbian opposition politician, Nikola Sandulovi\u0107, was released on Monday from pre-trial detention in the southern city of Ni\u0161, Serbia, announced his defense lawyer, \u010cedomir Stojkovi\u0107, adding that this decision was made \u201cunder increased pressure\u201d from Western countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNikola Sandulovi\u0107 has just been released&#8230; to defend himself against accusations that he placed flowers near the grave of an Albanian girl,\u201d wrote Stojkovi\u0107 on the social network X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udce2 Nikola Sandulovi\u0107 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sandulovic_N?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Sandulovic_N<\/a> je upravo pu\u0161ten iz zatvora, da se brani sa slobode od optu\u017ebe da je &quot;polo\u017eio cve\u0107e na grob albanske devoj\u010dice&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Odluka dolazi samo sat vremena nakon \u0161to je Parlamentarna skup\u0161tina Saveta Evrope pozvala na njegovo hitno pu\u0161tanje.<\/p>\n<p>Odluka o\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N1IFBQOap2\">https:\/\/t.co\/N1IFBQOap2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Iqr8gr7cYu\">pic.twitter.com\/Iqr8gr7cYu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Advokat \u010cedomir Stojkovi\u0107 \u2618\ufe0f\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\udf0f (@FIGHT_4_RIGHT_S) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIGHT_4_RIGHT_S\/status\/1746879905906716777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Former chief of Serbia\u2019s Security and Information Agency (BIA), Aleksandar Vulin, stated on January 6 that Sandulovi\u0107 was arrested on his order because he had placed a wreath of flowers in the village of Prekaz in Skenderaj, where Serbian forces attacked the homes of the Jashari family, killing over 50 members of the family in 1998 during the Kosovo War.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Prosecutor\u2019s Office in Ni\u0161 had confirmed to Radio Free Europe that Sandulovi\u0107 had been in pre-trial detention since January 5, under suspicion \u201cof committing a criminal act of incitement to hatred and national, racial, and religious intolerance\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>On January 2, Sandulovi\u0107 posted a video on the social network X where he was seen in the \u201cAdem Jashari\u201d complex in Prekaz laying flowers at the monument commemorating the events of March 5, 6, and 7, 1998, when Serbian forces killed over 50 members of the Adem Jashari family, one of the founders of the former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA).<\/p>\n<p>Stojkovi\u0107 described the Serbian authorities\u2019 decision to arrest him as politically motivated, done \u201cafter he was beaten\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This decision came just hours after the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe called for his release.<\/p>\n<p>There were reactions in Kosovo to his arrest and suspicions of mistreatment, with Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti stating that he felt \u201cconcerned\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is happening after he asked for forgiveness for the crimes committed by Serbia during the genocidal campaign in Kosovo. This indescribable brutality represents the toll that the Serbian Government imposes on its citizens for having the courage to accept the truth and strive for reconciliation,\u201d Kurti wrote in a social media post on January 5.<\/p>\n<p>Serbian authorities have denied allegations that Sandulovi\u0107 was beaten and mistreated during his arrest on January 3.<\/p>\n<p>The Basic Prosecutor\u2019s Office in Belgrade stated on January 11 that, based on the evidence gathered so far, there is \u201cno evidence of convincing and clear proof\u201d that Sandulovi\u0107 was mistreated.<\/p>\n<p>Sandulovi\u0107 is the president of the Republican Party, founded in 2015, but has not surpassed the electoral threshold to enter the Serbian Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>He has a controversial biography, including his injury in a car explosion 13 years ago and his arrest for \u201cspreading panic\u201d in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>On January 11, The Guardian reported that Sandulovi\u0107\u2019s family, claiming that he was beaten by the Serbian secret police during detention, said that he was partially paralyzed as a result of the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, European Union institutions confirmed on January 9 that they are monitoring the situation and information related to Sandulovi\u0107\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serbian opposition politician, Nikola Sandulovi\u0107, was released on Monday from pre-trial detention in the southern city of Ni\u0161, Serbia, announced his defense lawyer, \u010cedomir Stojkovi\u0107, adding that this decision was made \u201cunder increased pressure\u201d from Western countries. \u201cNikola Sandulovi\u0107 has just been released&#8230; 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