politics
March 24, 2026
Stanivuković after detention: They are arresting me because I support my people in Lika and Dalmatia
The Mayor of Banja Luka, Draško Stanivuković, and the president of the "Sigurna Srpska" Movement, was released after being detained and then arrested while entering Bosnia and Herzegovina at the border with Croatia, upon returning from Budapest.
TL;DR
- Mayor of Banja Luka, Draško Stanivuković, was detained and arrested at the Croatian border for over 15 hours.
- Stanivuković claims the detention is due to his support for Serbs in Lika and Dalmatia and alleges systematic mistreatment.
- He has been subjected to searches and detentions fourteen times in two months without any findings.
- The "Sigurna Srpska" Movement called the arrest inhumane and urged Serbian representatives to send a protest note to Croatia.
- A PDP MP stated that the silence of BiH institutions, particularly the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, gives the case a political connotation.
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