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Students protest conviction of fellow student, claim "mafia is free"
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Students protest conviction of fellow student, claim "mafia is free"

From N1 Serbia · () Serbian

Translated from Serbian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

At a glance

News Named sources In the courts
  • Students protesting the conviction of fellow student Andrej Tanko stated he is the first to be sentenced since student protests began.
  • Tanko received a six-month suspended sentence for obstructing an official.
  • The students argue that those responsible for the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse and other affairs remain unpunished.

Students protesting the conviction of fellow student Andrej Tanko have declared that he is the first to be sentenced since the beginning of their protests. Tanko, a student at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, received a six-month suspended sentence of house arrest from the Basic Court in Panฤevo.

The students, who are blockading the university, stated in a message on their official Telegram channel that "the first to be convicted since the start of the student protests is not anyone responsible for the collapse of the canopy at the Novi Sad railway station, for assaulting citizens and students, or for numerous affairs that have occurred in the meantime. The first convicted is a student. Serbia is being punished, and the mafia is free."

The first convicted is not anyone responsible for the collapse of the canopy at the Novi Sad railway station, for assaulting citizens and students, or for numerous affairs that have occurred in the meantime. The first convicted is a student. Serbia is being punished, and the mafia is free.

โ€” Students in blockadeExpressing their view on the sentencing of Andrej Tanko.

According to the students, Andrej Tanko was found guilty of obstructing an official. The court imposed a conditional sentence, meaning that if he commits the same offense again within the next two years, a three-month prison sentence will be executed. The students added, "While justice serves as a tool of pressure, the fight remains our duty."

If he repeats the same criminal offense in the next two years, the prison sentence of three months will be executed.

โ€” Students in blockadeExplaining the terms of Tanko's suspended sentence.

The Basic Court in Panฤevo had previously ruled that Tanko was guilty of obstructing an official and handed down the six-month house arrest, suspended for two years. This sentence will not be executed unless he commits a new criminal offense within that period. The court also considered the three months Tanko had already spent in custody as part of the sentence.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs had previously stated that Tanko is suspected of spraying police officers in a cordon with a "liquid of intense odor and unknown origin" during a protest on August 13 of the previous year in Dimitrija Tucoviฤ‡a Street in Panฤevo.

While justice serves as a tool of pressure, the fight remains our duty.

โ€” Students in blockadeStating their continued commitment to their cause.
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Originally published by N1 Serbia in Serbian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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