Criminal Complaints Filed Regarding Events at Protests over Summer

CRTA has filed three criminal complaints related to incidents that occurred during protests in Novi Sad, Belgrade, and Vrbas.
16.08.2025.
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The complaints were filed against unidentified police officers for the abuse and torture of detained demonstrators in Novi Sad  https://crta.rs/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Krivicna-prijava-Vise-javno-tuzilastvo-u-Novom-Sadu.pdf and for the excessive use of force during the protest in Belgrade  https://crta.rs/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Krivicna-prijava-protiv-NN-policijskog-sluzbenika.pdf . The third complaint concerns an attack on police officers and was filed against unidentified individuals, sympathizers of the Serbian Progressive Party https://crta.rs/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Krivicna-prijava-protiv-NN-lica-Osnovno-javno-tuzilastvo-Vrbas.pdf , who threw pyrotechnic devices at police officers.

In addition, colleagues from the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights https://bgcentar.rs/index.php?adclick=3 have filed several criminal complaints against police officers for their conduct during protests in Valjevo, Vrbas, Niš, and Belgrade.
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