Zoran Pašalić

After police violence in Valjevo, he found no irregularities, relying on police records. Of the allegations of abuse in the Government garage, he said that „a lot of it is not true“, before the Interior Ministry detained eight police officers on suspicion of torture. According to Marija Vasić, a detained Novi Sad activist, he aggressively pressed her in the prison hospital to end her hunger strike. Employees have filed two criminal complaints against him, and staff member Dragana Grabovica says five proceedings have been opened over workplace bullying.

Affairs

• Andrej Obradović: complaint against police officers dismissed: He visited him during his hunger strike, did not reveal the Interior Ministry's statement and said he was waiting for documentation
• Cables left in place killed a boy and his grandfather in Bačka Palanka: He opened an inquiry into the boy's death; the municipality replied that it had not received a single report
• Novi Sad activists charged with overthrowing the constitutional order: According to Marija Vasić, he aggressively pressed her in the prison hospital to end her hunger and thirst strike
• Campaign against Ombudsman Saša Janković: He called claims that the institution's status was at risk unprofessional; parliament re-elected him in 2023, even though, the organisations argue, the law had abolished re-election
• Marko Kričak threatened to rape a student in the Government garage: Said they had reviewed the footage from the Government garage "down to the last detail" and that much of what was claimed was not true
• SNS supporters attack citizens in Vrbas and Bačka Palanka: As Ombudsman, he shelved some of the complaints of police torture at the protests, saying the victims had not cooperated
• Workplace bullying allegations against Ombudsman Zoran Pašalić: Employees accuse him of workplace bullying; according to their letter, courts have overturned a dismissal and a removal from post that he ordered, and he is not complying with an Administrative Court ruling
• Police beat citizens at blockades in Belgrade: On 3 July 2025 he spoke with 13 people detained at the protests; four complained of physical violence
• Police violence in Valjevo: As Ombudsman, he found no irregularities, relying on police records; according to lawyers, he did not contact the injured parties
• Police violence at the protests against the curfew: It launched an inquiry into the police, first announced that officers had not exceeded their powers, then found unlawful force in eight cases
• Anti-money laundering administration ran checks on journalists and NGOs: He announced a review of the list, said the Administration was acting in line with the law, and said he would respond if the conditions were not met
• Death of Dalibor Dragijević at the police station in Bor: According to Vladica Ilić of the BCHR, it is refusing to give him information on the progress of the oversight procedure and is taking part in covering up the death
• Death of Stanimir Brajković in Padinska Skela prison: He said the prison and the Administration had acted on all the recommendations he had issued to them
• Zijin in Bor and Majdanpek: pollution, relocations and workers: On 19 May 2026, launched an inquiry into the Bor city administration over Roma households on the edge of the pit