Protesters Rally in Belgrade Over Court’s Decision to Acquit Former State Security Officials
BELGRADE, Serbia – On February 5, a crowd of over 100 people gathered in Belgrade to protest the Serbian Court of Appeals’ decision to acquit four former state security officials in the killing of Slavko Curuvija, a prominent journalist who was shot dead in April 1999. The demonstrators, some of whom held up mirrors as a symbolic gesture for the court to critically examine itself, observed 25 minutes of silence, expressing their frustration after 25 …