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After the fourth arrest since the beginning of the student protests, the tweeter Crystal Matt Damon (Marko Marjanović) has been banned from accessing social networks, appearing at public meetings, and has to report to the police twice a month.
The tweeter's wife Marko Marjanovic, better known by the stage name Crystal Matt Damon, announced on the X network that he had been released from the hearing.
Dear people, Marko @good_neighbor has just been released. Thanks for your support!
— J (@MarryTheBugX) April 17, 2025
As she announced, he is banned from accessing all social networks, appearing at public gatherings registered and unregistered, and he must report to the police station on the 1st and 15th of every month.
Crystal Matt Damon was sentenced to:
1) Ban on access to all social networks
2) Prohibition of appearing at registered and unregistered public gatherings
3) Reports to the police station every 1st and 15th of the month.But don't worry... Mom didn't give birth.
Thanks for your support!
— J (@MarryTheBugX) April 17, 2025
She announced on Thursday (April 17) morning that the patrol police brought her husband to Čačak.
"Half an hour ago, a team of several policemen came in front of the family's apartment in Čačak and took @good_neighbor (Marko Marjanović) into custody. Even though I have answered the call three times so far, and even though he told them yesterday that he would come for an interview today. They said that they would take him to Belgrade. We don't know where, nor when," the post reads.
Half an hour ago, a team of several policemen came in front of the family's apartment in Čačak and took them into custody @good_neighbor ALTHOUGH he has answered the call 3 times so far, and even though he told them yesterday that he would come for an interview today. They said that they would take him to Belgrade. We don't know where, nor when.
— Jelka (@MarryTheBugX) April 17, 2025
This was the fourth time that the police detained Marjanović in connection with his posts on social networks.
Brnabić: I received threats of rape and murder
A day earlier, on Wednesday, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Ana Brnabić, stated that her mobile phone number was published on social networks and that, while she was chairing the parliamentary session, she received threats of rape and murder.
"You know who did it? One of the blockaders who walked the streets and beat SNS members just because they dared to have a stand and talk to citizens. That man, who announced my phone number, thanks to which I now have two threats of rape and a death threat, that man did the same thing yesterday to a young woman, Radiotelevision of Serbia journalist Nikolina Rakić," said Brnabić during the debate in parliament on the election of a new government.
Both NUNS and UNS condemned the publication of journalists' numbers
The Association of Serbian Journalists has condemned the fact that the phone numbers of RTS journalists and editors have been published on social networks, appealing to citizens to stop endangering the safety and privacy of journalists, and to the authorities to find and punish those responsible.
In a statement, UNS stated that on the social network X, a tweeter from the profile "Crystal Matt Damon" published the phone numbers of RTS journalists Nikolina Rakić, Milenko Krišan and Marko Ivas on Tuesday, and, obviously ironically, in the same post, called on citizens not to "call and send messages".
The association also pointed out that on Tuesday in Belgrade posters were pasted, that is, as it is stated on them - warrants, with photos of RTS editor - Nenada Lj. Stefanović, Sandra Perović, Miloš Janković, Bojana Mlađenović, Mirjana Brajković and Milica Nedić, with the inscription "Wanted".
Everyone has the right to be dissatisfied with the work of journalists and the media, criticism of their work is legitimate, but labeling journalists, publicly sharing their private data and publishing warrants for them is inadmissible, UNS said.
The association pointed out that such labeling of journalists could seriously threaten their safety and appealed to citizens to refrain from doing so.
And the Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS) condemned the public sharing of personal data of Radio and Television of Serbia (RTS) employees on social networks, as well as the posting of posters with the names and photos of editors, which look like warrants.
Such actions represent a serious pressure on media workers and can potentially endanger their safety and privacy, which is why, as they state, they are considered inadmissible in a democratic society.
"Although citizens have every right to be dissatisfied with the editorial policy of RTS and to demand professional, impartial and responsible reporting - especially from media that is financed from public funds - behaviors that have elements of intimidation or public targeting are not an acceptable form of social pressure," announced NUNS.
The group of students who started the symbolic ultramarathon from Serbia to the EU on April 25 arrived in Brussels. MEP Irena Joveva said: "We saw where the president of Serbia was two days ago, and you can see where the students are now."
The Democratic Party and the Green-Left Front support the student request to hold extraordinary parliamentary elections, but warn that the conditions will not be a fairy tale.
"You can't live without Vučić. Because, as with similar regimes, the fall from power or the loss of office can mean prison if there is a trial for corruption or other criminal acts," political scientist Vedran Džihić told Frankfurter Rundschau.
The interlocutors of "Vremen" emphasize that the Ministry of Education is only interested in how to completely suppress any kind of rebellion with pressure and that the school year ends, and educators go on vacation, so that students lose an important ally
Students of the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science gathered in front of the school building, announcing the possibility of a complete closure of the institution for employees, if the decision to return to classes is not withdrawn.
The knee-jerk Supreme Being trusts in the local elections in Kosjerić and Zaječar. It must not be forgotten that for 13 years he poured heavy poisons, especially in the province, and that detoxification is a long and painful process.
If the various opponents of Vučić's regime are unable to help the student youth, they could at least not retaliate. They have been working the same way and with the same disastrous results for too long to expect anyone to ask them anything
There are no more students ahead and us behind them. Now we are all in the same situation: we drove the beast out into the open. We know how it goes
Student request for calling extraordinary parliamentary elections
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