The Belgrade Six is the name of the group of six Serbian intellectuals arrested in
Belgrade
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Yugoslavia
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, in 1984 and charged with counterrevolutionary activity.
Members of the group
The group consisted of:
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Miodrag Milić
* Milan Nikolić
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Dragomir Olujić
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Vladimir Miljanović
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Gordan Jovanović
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Pavluško Imširović
Trial
The trial was held between 5 November 1984 and 4 February 1985. It had significant media coverage. One of defence attorneys was
Vladimir Šeks
Vladimir Šeks (born 1 January 1943) is a Croatian lawyer and politician. He has been a representative in the Croatian Parliament since the nation's independence, and has held the posts of the Speaker of the Parliament, as well as Deputy Prime M ...
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Cases against Nikolić, Milić and Olujić were separated from the cases of other member of the group. They were sentenced to between one and two-year prison terms.
References
Further reading
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Nebojsa Popov, ''Disidentska skrivalica'' Republika, 2000.
Srđa Popović, ''Poslednja instanca'' Helsinški odbor za ljudska prava u Srbiji, Beograd, 2003, knjiga 2, 931-1025 str.
Interview with Pavluško Imširović ''Socialist Action'', San Francisco, June 1985, p. 15.
1984 in Serbia
1984 in Yugoslavia
1980s in Belgrade
Events in Belgrade
Political repression in Yugoslavia
Quantified groups of defendants
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