{"id":24026,"date":"2026-06-10T18:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T16:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gradjanske.org\/?p=24026"},"modified":"2026-07-04T21:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T19:20:07","slug":"what-is-missing-from-the-ministry-of-interiors-internal-control-sector-annual-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gradjanske.org\/en\/what-is-missing-from-the-ministry-of-interiors-internal-control-sector-annual-report\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Missing from the Ministry of Interior’s Internal Control Sector Annual Report?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 2025 Annual Report of the Internal Control Sector (SUK) of the Ministry of Interior does not provide a breakdown of the criminal complaints initiated against police officers and other Ministry employees.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The report states that, out of 358 resolved criminal complaints, 170 concerned corruption-related offenses, while 188 concerned other criminal offenses. However, unlike in 2024, the report does not specify what falls under the category of \u201cother criminal offenses.\u201d In the 2024 report, the structure of these offenses was clearly explained and included offenses such as ill-treatment and torture committed by police officers. This raises the question: why were these data omitted from the 2025 report?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last year saw numerous cases in which police used excessive force against citizens<\/strong>, particularly during August and September.<\/p>\n

Disturbing footage emerged from Valjevo on August 14, showing police brutally beating<\/a><\/span> citizens who were lying on the<\/span> ground<\/span><\/a> and offering no resistance. The videos showed numerous police officers kicking and striking citizens with batons while they lay on the ground. In one case, an officer deliberately struck<\/span><\/a> a man in the groin area. In another video, an officer can be heard asking the man he was beating, \u201cAre you an opposition supporter?<\/a><\/span>\u201d Forensic examinations of 25 individuals<\/a><\/span> revealed the extent of the violence committed against the residents of Valjevo that night. Yet despite the evidence, no one has been held accountable.<\/p>\n

In central Belgrade, members of the Unit for the Protection of Certain Persons and Facilities detained several citizens, including students, and took them to the garage of the Government of Serbia. According to one of the detained students, the then commander of the unit beat her and threatened her with rape<\/a><\/span>. A student who was detained that same evening without any apparent reason also testified about violent treatment<\/span><\/a> by members of the unit. He described being beaten in the government garage and threatened by a police officer who told him that he would \u201cshoot him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The public was also shocked by footage from Novi Sad showing 15 young men detained during a protest, kneeling<\/span><\/a> with their hands restrained and their heads against a wall while members of the Intervention Police Unit stood behind them. Among those detained were high school students. Police repeatedly used force against citizens in Novi Sad, including tear gas and stun grenades. In one intervention<\/span><\/a>, an elderly man was injured<\/span><\/a> after a police officer pushed him from behind, causing him to fall and hit his head on a curb<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

The list of cases involving police brutality is long:<\/p>\n