Demonstrators react as Serbian police remove protest blockades in capital Belgrade

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(30 Jun 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Belgrade - 30 June 2025
1. Various of police and protesters
2. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Milica Fotiric Aksic, university professor:
”I came here mainly - as a citizens, as a professor, as mother to cleanse ourselves of all evil, to breathe, to see clearly, so that there is justice for all.”
3. Various of police and protesters
4. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Milos Ilic, protester:
"These are peaceful protests and that’s it. No one here is causing any problems. People are standing here and trying to express themselves.”
5. Various of police and protesters
STORYLINE:
Serbian police on Monday removed street blockades in the capital Belgrade that were part of a protest over a spate of arrests of anti-government protesters after a massive rally demanding an early parliamentary election.

Police dismantled metal fences and moved garbage containers blocking traffic in Belgrade's Zemun district, while several dozen protesters raised their hands in the air and chanted anti-government slogans.

Police also intervened separately in a downtown area.

The blockades are part of persistent dissent against the government of populist President Aleksandar Vucic that started after a train station canopy collapsed in November, killing 16 people.

Thousands of demonstrators halted traffic at various locations in Belgrade and elsewhere throughout the country on Sunday evening, including a key bridge over the Sava River in the capital.

Police removed those blockades early on Monday.

Protesters have demanded justice for the victims of the canopy collapse in the northern city of Novi Sad on Nov. 1, which many in Serbia blame on corruption-fueled negligence in state infrastructure projects.

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