Tenth Serbia against Violence Protest Held in Belgrade

A new Serbia against Violence protest on June 17 (BETAPHOTO/MILOS MISKOV)

The tenth Serbia against Violence demonstration on July 8 ended in front of the police administration for the City of Belgrade building from where speakers called the next rally for July 11 in front of the Special Court, where police inspector Dusan Mitic is slated to resume his testimony in the Jovanjica case.

The final destination of the march, which began in front of the Serbian parliament, was the police administration building to show support to inspectors Dusan Mitic and Slobodan Milenkovic, who are to credit with the processing of the Jovanjica case. Jovanjica was revealed to be a huge marijuana plantation.

Large images of Serbian Interior Minister Bratislav Gasic and President Aleksandar Vucic were projected onto the wall of the police administration building as their statements were broadcast over a sound system -- most of which were Gasic's comments on his contacts with Predrag Koluvija, who is accused of being the owner of the Jovanjica marijuana plant.

The tenth Serbia against Violence protest in Belgrade began with a minute of silence for Djordje Mihailovic, a guard at the Zeitenlik Serbian military cemetery in Thessaloniki who died recently and several persons killed in Belgrade over the previous week.

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