Implementation of Transitional Laws in Serbia 2006

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Implementation of Transitional Laws in Serbia 2006Kosovo in the collective conscience of Serbian society must not be neglectedeither as it is related to the memory of numerous and large victims who fellfor this part of Serbia. 1013 ”Police Torture“No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment orpunishment” 1014“Police duties are performed in accordance wit para. 1 hereof during which policeobey international standards of police treatment especially demands regulated byinternational acts referring to: duty to serve people; to abide law and sanction illegalactions; the exercise of human rights; non-discrimination in police work; limit andrestraint when using means of coercion and; prohibition of torture and implementationof inhuman and humiliating procedures; helping the victims; obligation to refuse illegalorders and resistance to bribe and corruption” 1015Severe Police Torture of Citizens in SuboticaMarinko Vranjas (28) and Erne Ceh (28) are citizens of Subotica. Accordingto the statement given to the investigators of Initiative, Marinko Vranjasreceived summons on March 30 th , 2006 to report to the police station inSubotica for an interview 1016 . Since he responded straight away, he wastaken to room 64 where he was met by the inspector Obrenic and askedto tell everything about the case when his friend Erne Ceh had beaten upVujkovic Anton, who was also from Subotica 1017 .This is how Marinko Vranjas described the event in the police station inSubotica: “I told him I did not know if my friend had beaten up anyone.Then he stated one day, Saturday and asked from me to tell him where Iwas and what I had been doing. I told him I had taken a car that night andgone out. I mentioned three places we went to and that later I went home.1013 Ibid1014 The European Convention for Human Rights, see above under 291015 The Law on Police (The Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia No. 101/2005) adopted on November14 th , 2005 entry into force on November 29 th , 2005, Article 121016 Incident’s report – case “Severe police torture in Subotica” on September 28 th , 2006 is available in theInitiative’s documentation1017 Ibid178
Implementation of Transitional Laws in Serbia 2006He banged his fist on the table I said: “You have no right here whatsoever,I’ll call a lawyer when I want to and you will talk what I demand”. I replied:“That’s what happened, sir”. Then, inspector Tomislav Lendvai, entered theroom. I knew him by sight, from 2000 when I was in the Resistance. He satnext to me and again started to question me. I asked if I was accused and ifI had a right to call lawyer but he responded “You are not accused but youdon’t have the right to call lawyer”. Tomislav Lendvai approached to myface and said: “Let’s get things straight, you are not accused, nor guilty, youare eye-witness. We will press charges against you but now you have twooptions, so choose: either tell us what you friend did or I will beat you up”.I asked him what would happen when I decided and he replied: “Dependson your decision”. I told him I would not speak against my friend becausehe had not done it. He replied: “You will spend so much time in courtso you will not be able to pay for lawyer, do you understand”. I replied Iunderstood and he got mad. He jumped all over me and yelled: “What doyou understand, you pussy”. He grabbed my jacket, pulled me from mychair, threw me down and dragged me on the carpet to the corner. Fearcaused asthma attack because I suffer from chronic asthma and I pulled theinhaler from my pocket. He stepped on my arm and at that moment, otherpolice officer who was there, Obrenic, told him “Tomo, let him go, don’tmess around”. Lendvai then told: “Come on, take it to make you feel betterbut there were people here in worse condition than you”. The he lifted meup, my jacket was torn in two places. During the interrogation, he hit meon my head once or twice, which is what I remember” 1018 . Marinko alsomentioned that inspector Tomislav Lendvai told him in the end to give amessage to Erne to report to him that day 1019 .After he had informed Erne he should report to the police, Marinko went tothe doctor’s and took written confirmation on injuries 1020 . Next day he wentto the Municipal Prosecutor’s Office in Subotica and told to the prosecutorMiroslav Krkelic what had happened, his reply being: “The fact he hit youis not strong enough to make us take any actions” 1021 .According to the statement given by Erne Ceh to the investigators ofInitiative, Erne immediately went to the police station and reported to the1018 Ibid1019 Ibid1020 Entire medical records of Marinko Vranjas, available in Initiative1021 See above under 1016179
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