Military analyst Aleksandar Radić was ordered into detention due to circumstances indicating that Radić is on the run, i.e., hiding, and the issuance of an arrest warrant was also ordered, stated the Higher Court in a response to portal N1. As a reminder, military analyst Radić was among those who made claims about the use of a sound cannon during the student protest on March 15 last year at Slavija.
“By the decision of the pre-trial judge of the Higher Court in Belgrade from July 17, 2026, paragraph one of the disposition, suspect Radić Aleksandar was ordered into detention due to legal reasons prescribed by the Code of Criminal Procedure, specifically due to the existence of circumstances indicating that the suspect is on the run or hiding, while paragraph two of the disposition of the aforementioned decision ordered the issuance of an arrest warrant against suspect Radić Aleksandar, which order will be executed by the Police Administration for the City of Belgrade, UKP, Search Department”, stated the Higher Court.
Aleksandar Radić left Serbia back on June 26, after pro-government media published videos of his surveillance in which his minor daughter was also filmed.
On July 17, the Higher Public Prosecution (VJT) in Belgrade announced that a criminal complaint had been filed against Radić and proposed detention because the “suspect left the territory of the Republic of Serbia on June 24, 2026” and is “on the run”.
Radić left the country before the criminal complaint and cited the publication of videos of his minor daughter as the reason. Asked whether there are grounds for detention, the Higher Court stated that there is reasonable suspicion that he committed the criminal offenses he is charged with.
“The pre-trial judge, in making the aforementioned decision, first established the existence of reasonable suspicion that the suspect committed the criminal offense of Preparation of offense against the constitutional order and security of the Republic of Serbia in conjunction with the criminal offense of the Law on Data Secrecy”, it stated.
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N1 also asked whether the grounds for ordering detention in accordance with the specified criminal offenses can be found in the correspondence Radić had with journalists, including N1 journalist S.K. The Higher Court stated that for that, it is necessary to address the competent prosecution.
The VJT, in this announcement about the criminal complaint, also cites the correspondence between Radić and journalists, as well as the initials of the journalists he was in contact with. Media associations condemned such conduct by the prosecution, stating that it jeopardizes the security of the journalistic source and creates an atmosphere of intimidation, as well as sending a warning to journalists not to deal with the sound cannon.
As a reminder, the VJT in Belgrade announced on Friday, June 19, that it suspects the students “planned a simulation of a sound cannon” at the protest on March 15, adding that it ordered the collection of information regarding that, but also conducting interviews with all those who publicly made claims that a sound cannon was used against participants in that protest.
In connection with this, on Monday, June 22, the apartment of military analyst Aleksandar Radić was searched, and also lawyer and vice president of LSV – Vojvođani Aleksandar Olenik was called to the UKP for an informative interview, which was conducted on June 24. Editor-in-chief of the portal Srbin.info Dejan Zlatanović was also questioned on June 23. Editor-in-chief of the Beta agency Vojkan Kostić, who met with Radić on the day his apartment was searched because he interviewed him, was also summoned to the police. He was called to the UKP “due to suspicion of preparing an offense against the constitutional order and security of Serbia”. On July 1, the president of the party Serbia Centre (SRCE) Zdravko Ponoš was also summoned.
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