Sound-cannon case: lawyers and NKEU seek independent scrutiny, VJT alleges pressure
After Aleksandar Olenik’s UKP interview on June 24, the dispute widened: the Belgrade Bar Association board accused VJT and prosecutor Miodrag Markovic of undermining the presumption of innocence and procedural rights, while VJT replied that the bar’s reaction was pressure on prosecutors. Separately, NKEU backed civil-society requests to UN bodies for an independent international investigation into claims that a “sound cannon” was used at the March 15, 2025 protest.
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Olenik after UKP interview: They wanted to know where my sound-cannon information came from
N1 writes that lawyer and LSV vice president Aleksandar Olenik spent a little over two hours at UKP. He said police asked where his information about the 'sound cannon' came from, how many times and why he mentioned Aleksandar Vucic, while he said all his evidence came directly from the injured people he represents. Olenik called the police and prosecution action a political tool, said his statement would go into the record for the prosecutor, and announced a criminal complaint against VJT prosecutor Markovic over what he described as a baseless pre-investigation procedure. N1 recalls that on June 19 VJT said it suspected students planned a 'simulation' at the March 15 protest and ordered information-gathering from people who publicly spoke about device use.
Olenik explains to Danas why he was called to UKP and announces a complaint against prosecutor Markovic
Danas carries Olenik's explanation after his UKP interview: he said police acted on a prosecutor's order and asked about data he had publicly presented on use of a sound weapon. Olenik said he had already submitted documentation to the First Basic Public Prosecutor's Office, that the data came from injured people, and that he would not allow victims to be turned into suspects by prosecutor's order. He announced a criminal complaint against Miodrag Markovic of VJT, arguing there is no information, indication, or basis for suspicion to justify such action and that two proceedings cannot exist in parallel: one over sound-weapon use in which the injured are recognized as victims and another against the same people. Danas also recalls VJT's June 19 statement about suspected planning of a 'simulation'.
VJT: Military Police acted lawfully in the sound-cannon and military-analyst case
Danas carries the Belgrade Higher Public Prosecutor's Office statement from June 24: in the pre-investigation procedure in the 'sound cannon' case involving suspect A.R., prosecutors say Military Police obtained evidence under an order by a preliminary-proceedings judge of the Higher Court in Belgrade. VJT insists the action was lawful; the claim follows searches and a public dispute over what supports the prosecution's version that device use was simulated.
'Sound cannon' case: lawyer seeks publication of evidence, says minutes do not support prosecutors
021, citing Insajder, writes that lawyer Rastko Naumov called on VJT to publish both documents on which it bases suspicion that the 'sound cannon' was simulated at the March 15, 2025 protest. Naumov, who represents a student questioned after police entered the Faculty of Philosophy, says the documents are two minutes from an umbrella security working group where the device is mentioned only in a few sentences as a potential threat at an Autokomanda gathering. He argues that the documents do not prove VJT's version and do not relate to March 15, and also questions whether seized binders were opened without Mihajlo Sredanovic present.
Kurir: A debunked alleged sound-cannon affair has weakened the blockers' arguments
Kurir publishes a pro-government framing: it says the 'debunked affair' over alleged 'sound cannon' use weakens the possibility of foreign pressure on Serbia. The article argues that as international assessments increasingly view Serbia's policy as independent and rational, external support for blockades may weaken; Kurir's interlocutors present the case as part of the authorities' opponents' political tactics.
Belgrade Bar board criticizes VJT and prosecutor Markovic, prosecutors call it pressure and threat
N1 writes that on June 24 the Belgrade Bar Association board criticized VJT and Miodrag Markovic over a “gross violation of the presumption of innocence and basic procedural rights of citizens” in the case of alleged simulation of “sound cannon” use during last year’s March student gathering. The bar said Markovic’s RTS appearances call prosecutorial independence and impartiality into question and that VJT is increasingly entering the political sphere. VJT replied that it acts only within constitutional and legal powers, that the case is in a pre-investigation phase over suspected calls for violent constitutional change or another ex officio offense, and that it will turn to the High Prosecutorial Council over “threats and inappropriate comments.”
NKEU backs demand for an international investigation into sound-cannon allegations
021 reports that the National Convention on the European Union backed civil-society requests to UN bodies for an independent international investigation into claims that a “sound cannon” was used at the March 15, 2025 protest. NKEU said that more than a year later Serbia has no findings trusted by a significant part of the public; instead of an independent and credible inquiry, it sees conflicting statements from government representatives, campaigns against organizations that collected citizens’ testimonies, and attempts to shift focus from the event to those seeking answers. The organization recalled Aleksandar Vucic’s repeated statements that Serbia has nothing to hide and that international institutions may examine the allegations.