Belgrade Six

The Belgrade Six is the name of the group of six Serbian intellectuals arrested in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, in 1984 and charged with counter-revolutionary activity.

Members of the group

The group consisted of:{{cite book|last=Magaš|first=Branka|title=The destruction of Yugoslavia : tracking the break-up 1980-92|year=1993|publisher=Verso|location=London; New York|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d5np99Vgc0YC&pg=PA102 |access-date=28 July 2012|page=102|isbn=978-0-86091-593-5 |quote=In August 1984, six Yugoslav intellectuals - Pavle Imsirovic, Gordan Jovanovic, ... Milan Nikolic and Dragomir Olujic - were charged jointly with forming a 'counterrevolutionary organization aimed at the overthrow of the constitutional order'.}}

Miodrag Milić
Milan Nikolić
Dragomir Olujić
Vladimir Miljanović
Gordan Jovanović
Pavluško Imširović

Trial

The trial was held between 5 November 1984 and 4 February 1985. It received significant media coverage.{{cite book |title= The Lessons of Yugoslavia |last=Spencer |first= Metta |year=2000 |page=122 |publisher=Emerald Group Publishing Limited |isbn=978-0-7623-0280-2 |access-date=July 28, 2012 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Z5aT8Z-2XYC&pg=PA122 }} One of the defence attorneys was Vladimir Šeks.{{cite book|title=The South Slav journal, Volume 9-10|year=1987|publisher=Dositey Obradovich Circle|location=London; New York|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CBpXAAAAYAAJ&q=%22belgrade+six%22+olujic|access-date=28 July 2012|pages=57, 64|quote=The trial of the "Belgrade Six", held from 5th November 1984 to 4th February 1985,... "Belgrade Six" defense attorney Vladimir Seks}}

The cases against Nikolić, Milić and Olujić were separated from the cases of the other members of the group. They were sentenced to between one and two-year prison terms.{{cite book |title= Advocating Dignity: Human Rights Mobilizations in Global Politics |last= Quataert |first=Jean H. |year=2009 |publisher= University of Pennsylvania Press |location= Philadelphia |isbn= 9780812241631 |page=105 |access-date=July 28, 2012 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tqmmf-gNpmMC&pg=PA105 }}

Belgrade Six

Members of the group

Trial

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