The following day, trade unionist Hasan Abazi was arrested with fellow unionist Adem Urseli by Serbian police manning the Central Serbia/Kosovo crossing near Gjilan.[1] Abazi was charged with espionage and Urseli with drug smuggling.[23] Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dačić stated of the arrests that "Serbian police did not wish to take this approach, but the situation obviously could no longer go on without retaliation... If someone wants to compete in arrests, we have the answer".[23] According to his lawyer, Abazi was then held in solitary confinement.[24] On 30 March, the Serbian High Court in Vranje ordered Abazi to be detained for thirty days on espionage charges dating to an incident in 1999 in which Abazi allegedly gave information to NATO.[24] Abazi's arrest was protested by Amnesty International[25] and Human Rights Watch as "arbitrary".[22]