80-year-old Serb arrested at Jarinje: Another returnee to Kosovo and Metohija banned from entry

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Members of the Kosovo police arrested today at the administrative crossing Jarinje Srboljub Veselinovic (80), an internally displaced person from Kosovo and Metohija residing in Kragujevac, on charges allegedly related to property issues.

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As announced from the Office for Kosovo and Metohija of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, Veselinovic left for Kosovo and Metohija this morning with his son, but was first detained at Jarinje, to then be taken to Pristina, where he should be interrogated before sa prosecutor. The Office for Kosovo and Metohija immediately provided a defense counsel for Veselinovic, who had been forced to leave his home in Gornje Selo near Prizren and become an internally displaced person. The Office also said it would turn to all relevant international actors regarding this case.

The Office for Kosovo and Metohija said that the persecution and acts of revenge against Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija, who are being arrested without any legal basis, justified by false accusations and fabricated testimonies, is in progress.

"Related to that is today's verdict against Risto Jovanovic, who was given a disgraceful sentence of six months in prison, just because he opposed illegal search and harassment of a nun in Gazimestan and showed affection for Serbs and Serbia. It is now clear why Albin Kurti did not want to agree with the EU proposal made in Brussels that both sides refrain from actions that could cause destabilization on the ground, because everything Pristina is doing is intended to cause destabilization in the area of Kosovo and Metohija. The increase in the number of serious incidents in the province speaks to that, and the arrest of Veselinovic, along with the disgraceful verdict against Jovanovic, is the most vivid testimony to the kind of persecution and revenge Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija, or those who are inclined towards Serbia, are facing."

(Telegraf.rs)