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The Appellate Court in Belgrade cleared Milorad Ulemek, Zvezdan Jovanovic and five other members of the Special Operations Unit of the State Security Service of Serbia, charged with an armed rebellion in 2001.
A press release issued on June 24 read that the court upheld the first-instance ruling, rejecting the prosecutor's appeal as unfounded.
According to the decision, it was not proven that the "red berets" going out into the streets in Kula and Belgrade, from Nov. 9 to 17, 2001, had been a threat to constitutional order and security of the state, which is necessary for the crime of armed rebellion.
According to the court, this is supported by the fact that the authorities had not declared a state of emergency or mobilized any other security forces.
Ulemek and Jovanovic are serving 40-year sentences for the assassination of Serbian Premier Zoran Djindjic in March 2003, and for other crimes.
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