# Higher Court in Valjevo

It twice acquitted a police officer accused of leaking classified information about a traffic accident, and the Court of Appeal upheld the second acquittal. After the protests in Valjevo in August 2025 it ordered house arrest for ten participants.

## Affairs

- [The persecution of police officer Katarina Petrović](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/katarina-petrovic-policajka): Twice acquitted Katarina Petrović of disclosing classified information
- [Police violence in Valjevo](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/policijsko-nasilje-valjevo-2025): It placed nine participants in the 16 August protest under house arrest and released eight

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Source: Odgovornost, https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/visi-sud-valjevo  
As of: 8 Nov 2026  
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