Warning to the Public Following the Physical Assault Commited Against a Para Taekwondo Athlete

Brankica Janković, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality strongly condemned physical assault against Dušan Marisavljević, a para taekwondo athlete who was wearing insignia of a sports team at the time of attack. The Commissioner warned that violence against fans of compeating sports clubs is escalating and has become a serious problem in our society taking an ugly turn this time around as the victim was a person with disability. Commissioner Janković said that she believes that the competent authorites would do everything in their power to find perpetrators of this gruesome act of violence and that all the responsible stakeholders would exert efforts towards preventing and suppressing violent behaviour.

Press release regarding inappropriate statements targeting women politicians and women in general
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