Gojko Baletic released

Gojko Baletic, a National Theater actor, who was arrested and imprisoned on Wednesday because of his participation in the "Together" coalition walkout, was released from jail yesterday morning, a while after midnight.
Baletic was arrested by the police the day before yesterday, about 4 PM, among the protesters in the center of the city, and after bringing him into the police dept, the police beat him. After Baletic was released, he was given assistance in the Trauma Center, said Milan Vukovic, his attorney. Vukovic says he has not got any explanation for Baletic's arrest and that there were interrogation notes. He also stated there was no prosecution for his client.

Gojko Baletic Arrested

December 11, 1996
Belgrade (Serbia), December 11, 1996.
At 15:50 (local time) on Wednesday afternoon Milosevic's police kiddnaped and beat up on the street a famous actor, member of the National theatre in Belgrade, Gojko Baletic. The incident took place on the corner of Kneza Milosa and Nemanjina streets.

According to the eyewitness, Baletic was beaten up by 4 policemen, two of them traffic policemen and the other two dressed in civilian clothes. After he had lost conscience he was cuffed and taken into the unknown direction in a police car.

Lawyers of the coalition "ZAJEDNO" have already gone to the city police headquarters where they are requesting Baletic's immediate release.

Baletic has actively participated in student demonstrations in Belgrade. On the invitation of students of Nis, Baletic was supposed to go to Nis and adress the students there on Thursday.

Gojko Baletic is 40 years old, married and a father of a four years old son.

This incident only confirms that the case of the student Dejan Bulatovic was not an isolated one but that there is an obvious intention of Milosevic's police to scare the citizens by beating up the demonstrators.

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