Oliver Ivanovic's lawyer Nebojsa Vlajic has said that the health condition of his client is becoming "increasingly more serious."

His lawyer, who visited him late on Sunday, told the state broadcaster RTS that Ivanovic was exhausted, disoriented, suffering from insomnia and "unable to concentrate."

In addition, Vlajic said, the court's decision to prevent his client's family and defence counsel from visiting "violates his human rights."

EULEX Spokesperson Dragana Nikolic Solomon could not confirm on Friday whether clinical treatment would be granted to Oliver Ivanovic whose condition aggravated after eight days of hunger strike in the Kosovska Mitrovica prison.

Clinical treatment will be ensured in keeping with the court decision after a detailed medical examination of the defendant and in close cooperation with the Kosovo institutions, Solomon told Tanjug.

Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo from the Serbian List, Branimir Stojanovic, was present at the organized protest in support of the leader of Citizens’ Initive SDP, Oliver Ivanovic and the other defendant, Dragolub Delibashic. Stojanovic even held a speech in front of the protesters, saying that they would never leave Oliver Ivanovic alone. “Oliver and any other Serb will not be alone at this point. Never ever,” said Stojanovic. The protest, where 600 people were allegedly present, started at 10:00 and concluded thirty minutes later.

The leader of the Civic Initiative SDP Oliver Ivanović has entered the eighth day of hunger strike in detention in North Mitrovica requesting to be released pending trial.

Ivanović decided to go on hunger strike following EULEX court panel’s decision of the Basic Court in Mitrovica to extend his detention for another two months, until 6 October.

Four days after the first protests in support to detained leader of the Civic Initiative SDP Oliver Ivanović and retired Serbian police colonel Dragoljub Delibašić in North Mitrovica, the second one will take place tomorrow at 10:00 at the same place, in front of the Basic Court.

The Director of the Serbian Government’s Office, Marko Đurić, and chairperson of the Committee for Assistance to Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija of the Republic of Srpska, Milorad Arlov, will join the protests.

A large number of the members of the Serbian MIA and Civil protection who have lost their jobs, selection of Serbian judges and prosecutors for the Kosovo judicial system, Ivanovic’s case and seizure of the church property are the results of the Brussels agreement. In the long term they may endanger the survival of the Serbian people and its cultural heritage in Kosovo and Metohija, claim current and former member of the Assembly of Kosovo, Nenad Rasic and Rada Trajkovic.

The Eparchy of Raška and Prizren of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) has expressed deep concern over the health of Civic Initiative SDP leader Oliver Ivanović, who has gone on a hunger strike, and urged the international community in Kosovo-Metohija to ensure that he is released pending a verdict.

In a statement, the Eparchy urged a soonest possible conclusion of the trials of Ivanović and retired Serbian police colonel Dragoljub Delibašić, to which it said they are entitled, pursuant to all international conventions.

Head of Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric asked the UNMIK Chief Farid Zarif and EULEX Chief Gabriel Meucci to engage on Ivanovic's case.

Djuric in an official letter addressed to EULEX and UNMIK requested to enable bail for the leader of the Citizens' Initiative SDP, Oliver Ivanovic and Dragoljub Delibasic. Also, Djuric states that it would prevent human right violations and damage of Ivanovic's health.

Deputy Chairperson of the Civic Initiative SDP, Ksenija Bozovic, stated today that Oliver Ivanović’s health is worsening after he went on hunger strike five days ago.

She said that SDP has no additional information about his health status, and that Ivanović’s friends and family are disappointed with the behavior of the court and EULEX officials who simply went silent and ignorant.

A group of around 30 people rallied on Monday in front of the EU rule-of-law mission, EULEX offices in the Kosovo capital, calling Ivanovic a political prisoner and demanding he be released until the verdict in his trial.

Ivanovic went on hunger strike on Friday after EULEX decided to extend his custody until October 6.