# „We Won't Give Up Jadar“ association

An association of residents of the Jadar valley that organises protests and blockades against Rio Tinto's project; two of its activists were arrested at a railway blockade in 2024, and the Interior Ministry announced criminal complaints against them for assaulting an official. According to the association, cases against activists “are piling up and being handled promptly”, while the case against Rio Tinto has been sitting with the prosecutor's office for five years.

## Affairs

- [The „Jadar“ project and the persecution of locals and activists](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/jadar-rio-tinto): It called the detentions intimidation and told the authorities to arrest the initiators, not children and pregnant women

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Source: Odgovornost, https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/ne-damo-jadar  
As of: 5 Nov 2026  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en)