{"id":"SRB-077","notes":"DATE UPDATED TO EXACT: May 20, 2025 — Court of Appeal ruling trigger. PRIMARY SOURCE: ICJ September 10 2025 statement documents full arc (May 20 ruling → summer doxing campaign → death threats → June 28 protests). ESCALATION SEQUENCE within this case: May 20 (court ruling) → Jun 28 (Law Faculty intrusion) → Jul 24 (Valjevo judge doxed) → Aug 28 (\"Judge Terrorist\") → Sep 10 (ICJ condemns). Key actors: Vučić + Brnabić + Minister Vujić acting simultaneously — same three-actor authorization structure as SRB-CAMP-006 and SRB-CAMP-012. Counter-narrative: \"Defending the Profession\" judge/prosecutor group — potential counter-narrative actor for Actor Registry. Cross-ref SRB-076 (hardline appointments structural enabler); SRB-073 (Criminal Code criminalization — Track 1 complement).","country":"Serbia","sources":[{"url":null,"citation":"ICJ September 10 2025 — primary source (https://www.icj.org/serbia-political-leaders-must-cease-interference-with-the-judiciary/); CINGO Second Report September 2025; YIHR/CEPAS statements 2024-2025"}],"summary":"Novi Sad Court of Appeal ruling (May 20, 2025) replaces pre-trial detention with house arrest for three defendants accused of plotting \"offences against the constitutional order.\" Immediate coordinated response from senior officials: President Vučić labels detainees \"terrorists\" and accuses courts of \"capitulating to a foreign-financed coloured revolution agenda.\" Speaker Brnabić praises ruling party members accused of violent assaults as \"heroes\" while criticising judiciary for releasing anti-government activists. Minister of Justice Nenad Vujić urges judicial oversight bodies to review specific court decisions — despite lacking any legal authority to do so. Campaigns escalate across summer 2025: July 24 — Valjevo High Court judge refuses detention for four protesters; pro-government media publish her personal information, photos, phone number. August 28 — Novi Sad judge declines detention for two protesters; pro-government media brand her \"Judge Terrorist.\" Since July — four pre-trial judges from High Court of Belgrade face continuous media harassment; one receives death threats. High Prosecutor of Belgrade Bojana Savović faces sustained attacks since late July after speaking about police brutality on independent media. June 28 mass protests: police use unnecessary force against demonstrators, students, lawyers, and observers; attempted intrusion into Belgrade Law Faculty. ICJ (September 10 2025): \"These sustained acts of interference gravely undermine the independence of the judiciary and the integrity of the justice system in Serbia.\" \"Defending the Profession\" — informal group of judges and prosecutors — issues public statements and appeals to International Association of Judges. ANALYTICAL SIGNIFICANCE: this case documents convergence of anti-judiciary and anti-CSO narratives — judges, prosecutors, and civil society framed as components of the same \"foreign-financed destabilization complex.\" Track 2 complement to SRB-073 (Criminal Code). Same actors (Vučić, Brnabić, Minister Vujić) run both tracks simultaneously.","tactics":[{"code":"TC-08","role":"primary","label":"Funding Data Weaponization","needs_review":false},{"code":"TC-20","role":"secondary","label":"Security Apparatus Enforcement","needs_review":false}],"version":1,"channels":["State/National TV"],"entities":[{"id":983,"name":"Aleksandar Vučić (President); Ana Brnabić (Speaker of Parliament); Nenad Vujić (Minister of Justice); Pro-government media (personal data publication); Branislav Stojanović (Assistant Minister for Justice — EU forum framing)","role":"actor","entity_type":"Government Official"},{"id":984,"name":"Judiciary (independent judges/prosecutors); civil society legal organizations; YIHR; CEPAS; rule of law CSOs","role":"target","entity_type":"Sector"}],"date_text":"20/05/2025","created_at":"2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00","escalation":2,"harm_track":"Track 2 — Social Trust Erosion","narratives":[{"code":"NF-06","role":"primary","label":"Destabilization Agent","needs_review":false},{"code":"NF-09","role":"secondary","label":"Political Interference","needs_review":false}],"report_ids":[],"signal_ids":["SIG-SRB-077"],"updated_at":"2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00","occurred_on":"2025-05-20","campaign_ids":["SRB-CAMP-003"],"enabler_type":"","response_ids":[],"trigger_type":"TR-02: Civic Mobilization","campaign_phase":"Phase 2: Media Execution","civic_response":"YIHR and CEPAS document judicial appointment concerns; civil society legal organizations continue operating under increased pressure","date_precision":"day","enabler_status":"","campaigns_served":[],"consequence_category":"Social Trust Erosion","institutional_consequence":"Chilling effect on judicial participation in CSO events; legal CSOs labeled as political actors; foreign influence framing applied to rule of law civil society"}