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Protesters demand university board resignation after 200 students lost status and 30 lecturers were dismissed amid ongoing movement against political interference in education.
- On Dec 21, several thousand activists rallied in Novi Pazar, Serbia, protesting alleged government pressure on state universities; students, academics and opposition figures accuse Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's party of corruption, nepotism and media restrictions.
- Protesters demand the university's managing board resign and a new rector be elected, with Dzenana Ahmetovic saying it's to fight for interim management and the university's survival.
- Protesters waved town and university flags, chanted `Pump up!`, and observed a moment of silence for the Novi Sad railway station roof collapse victims, recalling students who walked days earlier this year to join mass protests in Novi Sad.
- President Aleksandar Vucic's government denies protesters' allegations, while participants said `This concerns all of us, not only Novi Pazar,` and university administration revoked student status and dismissed lecturers.
- Novi Pazar's youth-dominated demographics — 60% under 30 — shape the protests' intensity, and despite its distinct ethnic make-up, no clashes with Orthodox Serb neighbours have occurred for more than three decades.
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Serbia's students protest against university pressure after railway station tragedy
Several thousand activists from across Serbia joined student protests in the country's southwest on Sunday, rallying against what they describe as government pressure on state universities.
200 students lost their student status, and around 30 professors lost their jobs.
Serbian Students Rise: Protests Shake Novi Pazar
Thousands of activists from across Serbia joined students in Novi Pazar to protest government pressure on state universities, following a fatal railway station roof collapse. They demand the resignation of the university board, interim management, and an end to political interference in education.
Student protests continue in Serbia. This time, protesters are gathering in the southwest of the country, in Sandžak, where Bosniaks live mostly. The State University in Novi Pazar is the last one where students have been holding a full blockade for almost a year.
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