Students and high school students from Valjeva they announced for May 14th protest on the occasion of nine months since "the greatest police brutality" in that city and as they stated, the night that left scars that time does not erase - when "youth, freedom, right to voice and dignity were beaten".
As announced on Instagram, the rally will begin in front of Valjevska Gymnasium at 18:30 p.m.
"Instead of those who are obliged to protect us, they turned away." force against his own people. "Remembering that is not just pain, it's a warning," says the invitation to the gathering.
Instead of stopping everything on August 14, the repression continued by arresting fellow citizens and taking them away in police uniforms, which were done by uniformed, masked persons without police insignia, they point out.
"We must not allow it to be forgotten. We must not allow it to happen again," the post said.
What happened in August 2025
The riots have begun. when, according to eyewitnesses, during the night, masked hooligans demolished the window of the cafe "Korner" in the center of Valjevo. A day later, in the middle of the day, the window of the cafe "Romana" was broken, and several people were injured on that occasion.
Because of those events, as well as massive police actions in other places in Serbia, a protest was held in Valjevo on August 14. According to the locals, the police reaction to the demonstrators at the rally was extremely violent and, they claimed, unprecedented in the history of the city.
It is stated that the police used force against a large number of citizens, and people who did not resist. According to testimonies, some citizens were pulled out of the taxi-vehicle and beaten, and a fifteen-year-old boy was among the injured.
The police, it was said then, had reinforcements from Užice, Priboj and Prijepolje. During the intervention, means of coercion were used, the so-called "cannon attack" and tear gas cartridges. After the cordon moved towards the crowd, some of the protestors responded by throwing stones, to which the police responded with additional use of force.
According to unofficial information, several dozen people were detained, while official data indicated a much smaller number.
Source: FoNet/Vreme
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