{"id":199497,"date":"2026-01-27T20:59:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=199497"},"modified":"2026-01-27T20:59:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:59:16","slug":"rector-dokic-rebuked-the-regime-no-government-has-ever-attacked-the-academic-community-so-arrogantly-and-maliciously-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/rector-dokic-rebuked-the-regime-no-government-has-ever-attacked-the-academic-community-so-arrogantly-and-maliciously-video\/","title":{"rendered":"RECTOR \u0110OKI\u0106 REBUKED THE REGIME: \u201cNo government has ever attacked the academic community so arrogantly and maliciously\u201d (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Students in blockade held a protest today titled \u201cKnowledge Is Power\u201d in front of the Rectorate in Belgrade. High school students, university students, as well as the Rector of the University of Belgrade, Vladan \u0110oki\u0107, addressed the gathering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the gathering, the hymn to Saint Sava was performed, and the first to address those present was Professor Katarina \u0160\u0107epanovi\u0107, vice president of the forum of Belgrade gymnasiums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToday I stand in front of the University of Belgrade, one of the best in the world, so that we do not forget. This year, we listen to Savindan speeches with bitterness because retaliation against education is ongoing. We are being punished because a year ago we stood up in defense of what is most important \u2013 education. Knowledge without morality is nothing, and it is not for sale, because who dares to sell off what they themselves did not acquire,\u201d \u0160\u0107epanovi\u0107 said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Actress Anita Man\u010di\u0107 read the words of the famous Serbian poet Desanka Maksimovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">\u010cudesna Anita Man\u010di\u0107. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1od4OFSj79\">pic.twitter.com\/1od4OFSj79<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Zbor Slavujev potok i Zvezdara (@zbor_slavujev) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zbor_slavujev\/status\/2016205259547328786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Address by a student of the Belgrade Gymnasium<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ma\u0161a Samard\u017ei\u0107, a student of the Belgrade Gymnasium, addressed the gathering \u201cKnowledge Is Power.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAfter more than 200 years of education, only empty toasts are being recited, while education is neglected, expert staff are being dismissed, even though there are not enough teachers. Forced administrations are being imposed, because absolute control comes first, not students. We are young, but we are aware of what is happening before our eyes. We do not want to invest years of effort in improvement only to be ignored, because party membership cards and obedience are valued. That is why we stand determined and persistent in a joint struggle. Education serves to sharpen our vision even when lies try to block our view,\u201d the student said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Student of the Faculty of Teacher Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Maja Zori\u0107, a student of the Faculty of Teacher Education in Belgrade, also addressed the gathering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe all witness how education is spoken about loudly and often, but in reality it is being suppressed and treated as an expense that should be reduced to a minimum,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DUBgDJBDWe6\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DUBgDJBDWe6\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/a><p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DUBgDJBDWe6\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">\u041e\u0431\u0458\u0430\u0432\u0430 \u043a\u043e\u0458\u0443 \u0434\u0435\u043b\u0438 Puls Generacije (@puls_generacije)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Address by Rector \u0110oki\u0107<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The words of reproach by the Rector of the University of Belgrade, Vladan \u0110oki\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHistory has shown that no government, like the current one, has treated members of the academic community so arrogantly, vindictively, and maliciously because the academic community did not agree to remain silent,\u201d he said, as reported by N1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that we are witnessing how the regime, with its malice and perversity, is striking at the two most valuable categories of the population \u2013 the youngest and the most educated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is attacking the University, truth-loving people! The youngest and the most educated bother them because they do not want to remain silent, because they want to stay in this country and live a normal life,\u201d \u0110oki\u0107 said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that the academic community faces new models of pressure on university autonomy every day, and that those who hold political levers stop at nothing and exert physical, financial, media, and administrative pressure in various ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPhysical pressure \u2013 such as the incursion of police and gendarmerie into the University Campus in Novi Sad and the excessive use of force. An attempted police incursion into the Faculty of Law in Belgrade. Detention and beating of students and professors in front of faculty buildings. Financial pressure \u2013 a Decree limiting the scientific research work of university professors. The SPIRI system, which abolishes the financial independence of higher education institutions. The inability to implement international projects due to a ban on opening new sub-accounts. Media pressure \u2013 targeting of students and professors by pro-government media and the highest representatives of the authorities. Administrative pressure \u2013 misdemeanor and criminal charges against all deans and rectors in Serbia,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rector also emphasized that they respond to the force and arrogance of this regime with the full force of education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat force connects us and encourages society as a whole to strive for higher achievements in all areas. There can be no strong and successful society without strong education and an educational system that protects not, as today, the privileged, but all citizens, and develops adequate mechanisms to help the most vulnerable,\u201d he said, adding that investment in higher education is a key investment for the economic and social development of any community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He believes that change is necessary at every level of education and across the entire educational system, both in form and content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want to encourage members of the academic community to collegially and actively engage in the defense of university autonomy, to unequivocally advocate for academic freedoms, and to resist pressures and by personal example preserve the dignity of our profession and our calling. I call on the competent institutions to ensure the legally guaranteed autonomy of universities, and to ensure that civilizational achievements, the constitution, and human rights are not violated in the public and media space. Finally, I send a message to the current and every future government \u2013 Power is not in malice, knowledge is power!\u201d concluded the Rector of the University of Belgrade, Vladan \u0110oki\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cI stand before you today as a man who refused to trade your future\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Speech by Vladimir Risti\u0107, a physical education teacher and dismissed principal of an elementary school in Omoljica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe did not gather today just to speak, but to remind ourselves why education exists. It should enable a person to think, to choose, and to participate in society, not to remain silent. Education is not just the acquisition of knowledge, it is a calling. Today, from this place, we are sending a clear message \u2013 better times can be built through education, knowledge is power. I stand before you today as a man who refused to trade your future,\u201d Risti\u0107 said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The formal part of the gathering ended, and the students invited those present to join them in a walk to the Temple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of the \u201cKnowledge Is Power\u201d gathering, the students announced a new assembly \u2013 on Sretenje in \u0160umadija.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/serbian-bishop-gave-a-speech-before-the-american-vice-president-irinej-opened-the-march-for-life-with-a-prayer-then-gave-the-podium-to-j-d-vance-video-photo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">SERBIAN BISHOP GAVE A SPEECH BEFORE THE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT: Irinej opened the \u201cMarch for Life\u201d with a prayer, then gave the podium to J.D. Vance! 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