Students March Into Belgrade as Vucic Holds Rally in Southern Serbia Ahead of Vote
Thousands of student supporters filled central Belgrade as the movement sought to turn nearly two years of anti-corruption protests into votes.
- Thousands of residents welcomed marching students to Belgrade on Wednesday, as the youth movement converges on the capital ahead of Sunday's tense parliamentary election challenging populist leader Aleksandar Vučić.
- Student demonstrations first erupted after a train station tragedy in northern Serbia killed 16 people. The youth movement demanded accountability for the deaths, blaming alleged corruption-fueled negligence during renovation work.
- President Aleksandar Vučić held a rally in the southern city of Niš, expressing confidence his Serbian Progressive Party will win Sunday's ballot. He reiterated accusations that students and professors worked under instructions from abroad to "breakdown" the country.
- A report published Wednesday by the Serbian Center for Research, Transparency and Accountability cited "narrowing of freedoms and deepening of inequality" among voters. It noted over 100 violent incidents and major discrepancies in mainstream media coverage favoring the government.
- Authorities detained six people on Wednesday suspected of planning unrest on election day. Police have made similar arrests ahead of major protests in the past, a tactic government critics claim is aimed at intimidating protest-goers.
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Serbia: Student protesters flood Belgrade ahead of snap elections
Cheers, music and waving flags greeted students arriving in Belgrade from across Serbia on Wednesday, as thousands gathered ahead of a final rally before this weekend's snap parliamentary elections.
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Several columns of students arrive in capital after days of walking
Beatings, cyberattacks and threats darken Vucic’s Serbia ahead of elections - Regional Media News
By Ivana Sekularac BELGRADE, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Serbian activist Marko Marjanovic was on his way back from the supermarket in Belgrade when masked officers bundled him into a car and took him to a police station basement where he was held in solitary confinement [...]
Beatings, cyberattacks and threats darken Vucic’s Serbia ahead of elections
By Ivana Sekularac BELGRADE, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Serbian activist Marko Marjanovic was on his way back from the supermarket in Belgrade when masked officers bundled him into a car and took him to a police station basement where he was held in solitary c...
Video. Serbia: Student protesters flood Belgrade ahead of snap elections
Video. Cheers, music and waving flags greeted students arriving in Belgrade from across Serbia on Wednesday, as thousands gathered ahead of a final rally before this weekend's snap parliamentary elections.
Beatings, cyberattacks and threats darken Vucic's Serbia ahead of elections
BELGRADE, Oct 22 - Serbian activist Marko Marjanovic was on his way back from the supermarket in Belgrade when masked officers bundled him into a car and took him to a police station basement where he was held in solitary confinement for two days under bright lights. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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