2023-06-17 21:18:36
In Serbia there have again been mass protests against violence and the government of President Aleksandar Vučić. In Belgrade alone, tens of thousands of people took to the streets on Saturday evening. It was the seventh such demonstration in the capital, after 18 people were killed in two rampages in May. There were also protests against the government in three other cities.
Participants in the Belgrade rally gathered in front of the parliament building in the center of the Serbian capital on Saturday evening. In two separate columns, they marched to the city freeway, where they blocked a section for two hours. Further demonstrations took place in the major cities of Novi Sad, Niš and Kragujevac.
The participants in the rallies demanded the resignation of President Aleksandar Vučić and the officials responsible for the security apparatus. They accused Vučić and the tabloid media he controlled of creating a climate of hatred and violence. Left-wing and liberal opposition parties and civil movements had called for the rally.
The demonstrators are also demanding, among other things, that television stations that broadcast violent content be revoked their broadcasting licenses. They are also demanding a ban on pro-government newspapers, which they say are fueling popular tensions, and the resignation of the interior minister and intelligence chief.
A 13-year-old shot nine classmates and a security guard in a Belgrade school in early May. A day later, a 21-year-old shot people in a village near Belgrade, killing eight of them. The two acts, which are not directly related, deeply shocked Serbian society.
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