Activists from Serbia who were detained after the blockade of the "Belgrade Centar" railway station during a protest against lithium mining in Belgrade, have had their sentence revoked and are being released, reports N1, stating that this was confirmed by their lawyer Marko Pantić.
"They informed us that the judgment was revoked, that the appeal was accepted, that the case would go to regular proceedings. I called the court, and I received confirmation from them that this is so and that the decision will soon be published on their website," Pantić explained to N1, who previously visited the three activists in prison, and emphasized that they are holding up well.
Activists Ivan Bjelic was sentenced to 40 days in prison, and Nikola Ristic and Jevgeni Dimitrijević were sentenced to 30 days in prison each, for disturbing public order and peace. Pantić explained that the three activists will be released from prison in the next few hours, and that now the most important thing is that they are free and that the case goes to regular proceedings.
Lawyer Aleksandar Petrović, who also represents the arrested activists, told N1 that they were well treated in prison.
"Regardless of the fact that the verdict has been revoked, their message is that they are holding on well and that there is no need to settle for anything," emphasized Petrović.
Yesterday, an appeal was submitted to the misdemeanor court in Belgrade against the verdict by which the activists were sentenced to 40 and 30 days in prison.
"We expect that the judgment will be annulled, and that if the second-instance court considers that the actions of the defendants have acquired some characteristics of a misdemeanor - the case will be returned to the first-instance court for a new decision, with an order to conduct all evidentiary actions in the regular procedure," lawyer Pantić stated at the time .
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