In the Serbian capital, students began a 24-hour blockade of key points in the city

In the Serbian capital, students began a 24-hour blockade of key points in the city

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December 30 2023, 01:33 AM • 61827 views

The activists demand: the release of students arrested during the recent protests, an explanation of election fraud, and the repeat of the recent parliamentary and local elections.

On Friday, December 29, students from the informal group Borotba began a 24-hour blockade of key points in the Serbian capital Belgrade. The youth are joined by opposition politicians, academics, and ordinary citizens who demand that parliamentary elections be held again because of what they consider to be fraud. This was reported by AR, according to UNN

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Traffic at an extremely vulnerable transportation hub for the center of Belgrade's transportation hub - the intersection of Knez Milos and Birchaninova streets - has already has already been closed. In this area, it is impossible to drive a car on either the highway or the building of the Serbian National Assembly building.

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The students, together with politicians and ordinary Serbs, who support them, have begun to set up a tent city where they will will spend another day. They have several demands: to release the students arrested during the recent protests, an explanation for the election fraud, and repeat the recent parliamentary and local elections.

Because we do not have a public service that that could cover what is happening, and we don't have access to the authorities that that would give us the opportunity to talk about this topic, we have to talk on the the streets

 said Ivan Bilych, the main organizer of the blockade, on the air of TV channel N1.

The organizers ask the demonstrators to remain calm. calm, and assure them that the blockade will have a festival character. There will be discussions, joint meetings and mini-conferences.

The student blockade in Belgrade is set to end on Saturday at noon, when an opposition demonstration will begin in one of the city's central locations, when an opposition demonstration begins, which is expected to be expected to be the largest of the protests.

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Addendum Addendum

The protests of the opposition, students and non-governmental organizations on the streets of the Serbian capital Belgrade have been going on for almost two weeks. Their demand is simple: repeat parliamentary and local elections. The ones held on December 17, in their opinion, were conducted in an undemocratic manner.

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