Mastodawn

1/ Serbia proves yet again that it doesn't have a reputation it can be ruined: Serbian Government approves financial aid for those facing “trumped-up trials” in Kosovo, because according to the dominant local ideology, every Serb with legal troubles outside Serbia is a "victim of persecution". ⬇️

https://n1info.rs/english/news/serbian-government-approves-financial-aid-for-those-facing-trumped-up-trials-in-kosovo/

Serbian Government approves financial aid for those facing “trumped-up trials” in Kosovo

The Serbian government decided to provide a one-time financial aid payment of 300,000 dinars (1 euro – 117 dinars) to individuals detained in Kosovo who are fac

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Dejan Pantic 2d ago

2/ Back in the day, it also provided financial aid to people indicted for war crimes in the ICTY, and to their families. How discriminatory - we should have provided free cash for armed robbers and drug dealers as well. ⬇️

https://balkaninsight.com/2013/12/23/how-ex-yugoslav-states-funded-war-crimes-defendants/btj/

How Ex-Yugoslav States Funded War Crimes Defendants

Former Yugoslav countries have spent almost 40 million euro of public money supporting war crimes suspects on trial at the Hague Tribunal, a BIRN investigation has revealed.

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Dejan Pantic

3/ Not to mention the case of Miladin Kovačević, who escaped the US with the help of Serbian diplomats, after being convicted for beating up a college student there. Afterwards, he was tried in Serbia for a violent crime committed here. Great job right there, Serbia.

https://balkaninsight.com/2012/11/27/serb-sentenced-of-beating-american-set-free/bi/all-balkan-countries/

Serb Sentenced For Beating American Freed

Miladin Kovacevic, a former college basketball player charged with beating an American student into a coma, was freed under a new amnesty law.

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