I would like to thank you for your quick reaction.
As I have previously announced, I will not comply with illegal and unconstitutional bans, and I have begun to violate them starting today.
The bans are illegal because they are based on Article 197 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Serbia, which stipulates that in the case of the need to protect witnesses, or in the case of the need to prevent the repetition of a criminal offense, the court may prohibit the suspect from occupying specific places, and prohibit him from meeting and communicating with specific people. On the contrary, a measure has been established for me that prohibits me from visiting unspecified places (general measure) and communicating with unspecified people via social networks (general measure). The law does not allow to determine the measure of “banning the use of social networks” as I have determined.
Mara is illegal also because I could not have committed any criminal act because I wrote on social networks that the government should be replaced, nor because I said that Serbia needs Euromaidan (protests for Serbia’s entry into the EU).
The measure is also unconstitutional, because according to Article 18 paragraph 1 of the Constitution of Serbia, human rights are directly applied. The right to freedom of opinion and expression cannot therefore be suspended by a court decision according to our Constitution.
All these are precisely the reasons why the Belgrade Bar Association, as well as public figures and opposition members of parliament, reacted to my arrest and measures.
Thank you once again for your concern and responsiveness.
Sincerely and sincerely
Lawyer Sedomir Stojkovic
