Torture of arrested anarchist in Belgrade

Jan 21, 2010 Infoshop News

Belgrade - One of six anarchists who in Central Prison awaiting trial on
indictment for international terrorism, sustained during December
blackmail and physical abuse.

Several media published information, the same as facebook group for
support of arrested anarchists
(http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=243299873076), so here it is
(online translation from Serbian to English, with fast changes):

Belgrade - One of six anarchists who in Central Prison awaiting trial on
indictment for international terrorism, sustained during December
blackmail and physical abuse.

In mid-December 2009, some of the prisoners who shared a cell in the
Belgrade Central Prison with Tadej Kurepa (25) tortured him and tried to
blackmail him, demanding from him that his mother give 2,000 eurosto a
'friend outside', for allegedly urgent treatment of AIDS, learned B92.net.

In late December, the attorney of Tadej Kurepa, Nikola Barovic, at visit
in the prison, he found a client with a bruises on his face. Intervention
of lawyers, Kurepa was transferred to another cell.

Otherwise, Tadej Kurepa is in place of the second person accused for
international terrorism, although the indictment alleges that he was not
on the spot, when the night of 25 august Greek embassy in Belgrade was hit
with 2 molotov coctails.

The police, except Kurepa, arrested and Ivan Vulovic (24), Sanja
Dojkić (19), Ivan Savic (25), Ratibor Trivunac (28) and Nikola
Mitrovic (29).

According to the statement of "Campaigns against political repression,"
coordinated by left-wing activist organizations, Kurepa is in place for
the second accused because of "organized communication by phone and
SMS's', which is, in the opinion of the public prosecutor, on the second
most responsibility position for the execution of the crime -
international terrorism. "

"How much this act, for which is Tadej Kurepa second accused, has links
with international terrorism, says the fact that the 'terrorist attack',
in which the prosecutor and Kurepa say that Kurepa was not involved,
nobody was injured and material damage at embassy was estimated 18 euros",
the statement said.

Because of 'organized a phone and SMS communication' Tadej Kurepa is
already the fifth month in the investigation of the Central Prison in
Belgrade, pending the trial, he was not allowed to defend himself from
outside of prison, under excuse of fear that arrested will again "organize
communication by phone and SMS", said the Campaign against political
repression.

At the same time, the Group for monitoring the process against six
anarchists strongly condemns violence which detained anarchists suffer in
the months of detention. The aim of the Group, consisting of individuals,
and individuals from different anti-autoritarian, left, and student
organizations, is that the public regularly get information regarding the
political process and to dismiss the indictment for international
terrorism.

Grupa za monitoring je organizovala potpisivanje proglasa , u kojem više
desetina javnih ličnosti proces protiv šestoro anarhista naziva
političkim i traži odbacivanje optužbe o "međunarodnom
terorizmu". The Monitoring Group has organized the signing of
proclamations, in which dozens of public figures named the process against
six anarchists as political and requires rejection of allegations of
"international terrorism".

At January 3, the Monitoring Group hold a protest in front of the Ministry
of Justice and the Central Prison, and there will be more protests in the
future.

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