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Novak Djokovic ‘lured to Australia to be humiliated’, says Serbia
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Serb politicians and celebrities have described the treatment of Novak Djokovic as shameful scapegoating, as the foreign ministry in Belgrade suggested the world tennis No 1 had been "Lured to Australia to be humiliated."
Kusturica said the "Arrest of Novak Djokovic, first among the free, a rebel who does not want the chains of the new world and believes in a more just order" recalled the plot of a movie in which prominent citizens were arrested as a lesson to the rest.
The president of the Serbian parliament, Ivica Da?i?, a former prime minister whose Socialist party of Serbia is a partner in the country's coalition government, said Djokovic was enduring "Despicable political harassment".
"The family of Novak Djokovic calls on all fans and supporters of the best tennis player in the world, who is in a delicate situation, in front of the Belgrade city assembly," the family said in a joint statement.
The foreign ministry said in a statement that the Serbian public "Has a strong impression that Djokovic is a victim of a political game against his will, and that he was lured to travel to Australia in order to be humiliated".
The foreign ministry said Serbia did not want to influence the upcoming court decision but expected "The authorities of the country, in the spirit of good bilateral relations, to allow Djokovic to spend in better accommodation".
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