Listen to a follow-up interview with the Belgrade 6 on their acquittal and the continued repression of social movements and protest in Serbia and the Balkans...

On Saturday, Sept. 4 2009, five* political activists were arrested  in Belgrade on trumped up charges. The arrests are allegedly related to a direct action which took place at the Greek Embassy on Aug. 25 where negligible property damage was done. They Belgrade 6 were held for three months without charge and finally Charged with “international terrorism” - the first instance this had ever been used in  Serbia - and the comrades faced a possible 3-15 year prison sentence.

The Belgrade 6 spent the next five and a half months in terrible imprisonment, isolation and torture in the Central Prison in Belgrade. People reacted locally and globally with local groups working in the Balkans, as well as impressive amounts of soldarity call-outs around the world - the Belgrade 6 were released on bail in February 2010. It's worth pointing out the repression of soldarity work in connection with the Belgrade 6, including the arrest of ASI supporters putting up posters demanding "freedom for arrested anarchists".

Dissident Island featured an interview with Ratibor Tribuvanac on our 19 March 2010 broadcast - with a full-length interview on London Indymedia.

A second hearing happened on 23 March 2010. The "international terrorism" charges were dropped to one of "endangering public safety" - also a serious charge with a minimum prison sentence of 6 months to 13 years.

Listen to the audio interview uploaded below where the Belgrade 6 discuss their acquittal and the complex state-repression mechanisms at play in Serbia - with police, authorities, liberal elite and media squashing various forms of anti-state dissent, and on the state-sponsored fascist threats faced by radical activists on the streets - an ellucidating interview to clue you in to movement happenings in the Balkans and beyond...

Many thanks to reported 'Double Trouble' for getting this exclusive interview.

An edited version of the full-length interview featured on episode 63 of Dissident Island Radio.