Nebojsa Zelenovic, the Mayor of Sabac, the only opposition-held town in Serbia, said on Wednesday that “a brutal regime’s attack” on N1 TV is going on and that it is led by Prime Minister Ana Brnabic but ordered by President Aleksandar Vucic,” the Beta news agency reported.

“Journalists, organizations, political parties, free-thinking people and the international community should stop this lawlessness and that everyone in their way should contribute to the protection of N1’s professionalism”, Zelenovic said.

“Several months ago, Vucic issued a command that N1’s program should not be allowed, and everyone, from Prime Minister, ministers, (state-owned cable internet & phone operator) Telecom and cybercriminals join the activity”, Zelenovic added. “All the people should have a possibility to watch N1 via all cable operators, and the bans were an attempted introduction of mere dictatorship”, Zelenovic concluded.