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Fall
of Milosevic - 28 photos
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Belgrade,
Serbia, 1999
Milosevic`s supporter is proudly showing
the photo of his idol Slobodan Milosevic, who was leading
Serbia (Yugoslavia) for a decade into a complete isolation
and collapse.
photo Andrija Ilic |
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Prijepolje,
Serbia, 1999
Milosevic`s supporters in Prijepolje.
"Milosevic phenomenon" succeed for a short time
to be very accepted at a wide body of electors in Serbia,
mainly made out of uncultivated people from Serbian province
and pensioners from Tito`s time.
photo Andrija Ilic |
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Belgrade,
Serbia, 1999
By stealing votes on every election
held in Serbia, Milosevic managed to keep his power for more
than decade, although his politic pushed Serbia into cataclysm
during several wars in ex Yugoslavia (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia,
Kosovo, NATO).
photo Andrija Ilic |
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Belgrade,
Serbia, 2000
Peoples movement "OTPOR!"
(RESISTANCE) was created by Serbian progressive youth, and
was taking the key role in fighting against Milosevic and
his regime.
photo Andrija Ilic |
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Belgrade,
Serbia, 1999
Almost every opposition protest against
Milosevic had casualties and victims. Milosevic`s police was
using brutal force against their own people.g
photo Andrija Ilic |
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Prokuplje,
Serbia, 1999
Mass street fight between Milosevics
and opposition supporters in Prokuplje, South Serbia.
photo Andrija Ilic |
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Belgrade,
Serbia, 1996
Riot policeman during the student protests
in Belgrade in 96/97. From 1987 up to 2000 Slobodan Milosevic
had absolute power in key segments of Yugoslavia and Serbia:
secret services, police, army, politics, finance institutions,
economy, industry, crime, smuggling.....
photo Andrija Ilic |
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Belgrade,
Serbia, 1999
Milosevics policeman attacks colleague
Dalibor Danilovic from daily news paper "Blic".
Like all other dictator regime's, Milosevics regime was brutal
in suppressing independent media's in Serbia ... assassinations,
injuries, beatings, threats, blackmails, arrests, photo and
video equipment demolishing, laws against independent media's.
Photographers were every day in a contact with Milosevics
police during the demonstrations, and almost each of them
was at least once beaten, or his camera were smashed. Media
owners didn't supply to photographers a company equipment,
so most of them were working with their own cameras.
photo Andrija Ilic |
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Belgrade,
Serbia, 1996
"Warming up" in down town
Belgrade during the student protest 96/97 in Belgrade. After
Milosevic stole votes at elections in Serbia, students from
Belgrade University started famous 120 days long massive protest.
Soon after, other citizens of Belgrade joined students so
the protest was extremely massive. Day and night for 120 days,
demonstrators were standing against police cordon in the center
of Belgrade.
photo Andrija Ilic |
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Belgrade,
Serbia, 2000
Zoran Djindjic in a crowd of his funs
and supporters. "Djiki" (Zoran`s nick name) was
more than a decade the biggest fighter against Milosevics
regime, and definitely the key person in bringing down Milosevics
dictatorship. Greatest "man of the vision" Serbia
ever had, he create the path for democratic changes, opened
Serbia towards Europe and the rest of the world. He was inspiration
and hope for millions of people who lived in the darkness
of Milosevics dictatorship. Zoran Djindjic was Prime Minister
of first democratic elected Serbian Government, and finally
Serbia was heading towards brighter future. Zoran was killed
with a sniper bullet on 12th of March 2003, and his assassinates
are remains from the Milosevics structures in the police and
army services. Djindjic was determined to clean Serbia from
the organized crime from Milosevic era, and organized Special
Tribunal with a protected witness functionality. That alarmed
organized crime leaders, and was a main reason for his assassination.
photo Andrija Ilic
"You
can not put the fire down without getting burns, you can
not stop the flood without getting wet and you cannot fight
organized crime without having threats" Zoran Djindjic
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Ljig,
Serbia, 2000
"Resistance to the victory"
- "Otpor" activists and citizens of Ljig are blocking
the road to Belgrade, beginning of Milosevics fall.
photo Andrija Ilic |
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Belgrade,
Serbia, 2000
Milosevic`s election poster. After he
stole again votes on elections in 2000, he practically sealed
his future existence as a political leader of Serbia. Zoran
Djindjic with other opposition leaders, "Otpor"
activists and citizens of Serbia are launching the big and
last campaign against Milosevic and his regime.
photo Andrija Ilic |
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Belgrade,
Serbia, 2000
On the 5th of October 2000, almost a
million of Serbs were gathered in front of the Federal Parliament
in Belgrade at the big and final opposition protest. People
were coming from all parts of Serbia..... it was beginning
of the end for Milosevic.
photo Andrija Ilic |
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Belgrade,
Serbia, 2000
Serbian salute with 3 fingers in front
of the Parliament. Opposition demonstrators were trying to
break through the police cordon and enter the parliament ...
photo Andrija Ilic |
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Belgrade,
Serbia,
2000
Police is using tear-gas and truncheons
against opposition demonstrators. This time, demonstrators
are hitting back .... they grab truncheons, gas masks and
shields from the police. A massive fight starts around the
parliament .... police is retreating, trying to hide in buildings
around parliament.
photo Andrija Ilic |
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Belgrade,
Serbia,
2000
Opposition
demonstrators are surrounding the police, throwing the stones
at them and hitting police with sticks....
photo Andrija Ilic |
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Belgrade,
Serbia, 2000
Demonstrator is waving with Serbian
flag in front of the burning police vehicle.
photo Andrija Ilic |
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Belgrade,
Serbia, 2000
Legendary "Jo the Bulldozer"
is charging the Parliament with his bulldozer. "Jo"
becames a trademark and hero of October changes .....
photo Andrija Ilic |
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Belgrade,
Serbia, 2000
Demonstrator falls hit in his head by
a tear gas patron in front of RTS (Radio Television of Serbia)
building. After the police withdraw from the streets, demonstrators
set on fire the RTS building, prime Milosevic`s regime media.
photo Andrija Ilic |
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Belgrade,
Serbia, 2000
Belgrader is trying to distinguish the
fire in the building of RTS (Radio Televison of Serbia), a
state owned station that was completely under control of Milosevic.
photo Andrija Ilic |
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Belgrade,
Serbia, 2000
"Rage against the machine".
Opposition demonstrators against the police in front of Parliament
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photo Andrija Ilic |
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Belgrade,
Serbia, 2000
Demonstrator at the burning entrance
of the Federal Parliament in Belgrade. After police withdraw
from the Parliament, demonstrators break into Parliament,
demolishing and setting the building on fire. Symbolically,
it meant that the Milosevic dictatorship is over.
photo Andrija Ilic |
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Belgrade,
Serbia ,2000
Demonstrators celebrating the withdrawal
of police and "conquering" of the Parliament.
photo Andrija Ilic |
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Belgrade,
Serbia, 2000
Policeman in anti riot equipment, with
the broken tear gas mask after the clash with opposition demonstrators.
After first clashes with opposition demonstrators, police
withdrew from the streets. This time police didn't deal with
peaceful students but with million demonstrators, most of
them armed with weapons. Even later entering of special police
unit with Hummers into the mass didn't change the situation,
Special Police unit "switched" the side, and stand
up next to their own people.
photo Andrija Ilic |
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Belgrade,
Serbia, 2000
Leaving .... last Milosevic`s public
appearance . War crime Tribunal in Hague issues a warrant
on Milosevic. That was a first task of new democratic government
of Serbia .... to arrest dictator and send him to Hague Tribunal.
photo Andrija Ilic |
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Belgrade,
Serbia, 2000
Milosevic`s supporter is hiding his
picture under the stage.
photo Andrija Ilic |
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Belgrade,
Serbia, 2000
Special police unit during the action
of Milosevic`s arrest. Security of ex Yugoslav president Slobodan
Milosevic gave a slight resistance, in the fire exchange a
photographer and two policeman's were injured. After long
negotiations, Milosevic was arrested and delivered to Hague
War Tribunal for a trial.
photo Andrija Ilic |
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Belgrade,
Serbia, 2006
Coffin with remains of ex Yugoslav president
Slobodan Milosevic, surrounded with his sympathizers. After
five years of trial against Milosevic in Hague War Tribunal,
where Milosevic had to face charges for crimes against humanities
and genocide in wars in Croatia and Bosnia, Milosevic died
in a prison cell. His case in front Hague Tribunal was never
finished.
photo Andrija Ilic |
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