(11 Mar 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Belgrade, Serbia – 11 March 2025
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Wide of protesters gathered in front of state television station
2. Various of students waving flags above crowd
3. Various of crowd gathered
4. Pan left of protesters jumping and chanting
5. Wide of protesters walking down street
6. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Ljubisa Lilic, local resident: ++AUDIO AS INCOMING++
”I am supporting these young people every day in their intention to live in a better society. If we were not able to change this country, this thieving government, I honestly hope that they can.”
7. Wide of protesters walking down street
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Stevan Pistevic, Serbian student studying in U.S: ++AUDIO AS INCOMING++
”I am here because I want to support the students and I think that we all want this government to leave. This government is the main reason why I decided to leave my country. I would love to be able to come back, but they have to leave first.”
9. Wide of protesters
10. Mid of police standing by vehicle blocking street
STORYLINE:
Several hundred student protesters continued to block Serbia’s public television station building in Belgrade as tensions soar in the Balkan country days ahead of a planned large rally over the weekend billed as an endgame in months of anti-government demonstrations.
The students first blocked the TV building in central Belgrade, Serbia’s capital, late on Monday and several hundred gathered again on Tuesday, after announcing that their blockade will last for at least 22 hours.
A similar blockade was organized in the country’s second-largest city of Novi Sad.
University students in Serbia are behind almost daily rallies that started after a concrete canopy crashed down in November at a railway station in Novi Sad, killing 15 people.
The protests have rocked populist rule of President Aleksandar Vucic and his firm grip on power.
During the late Monday blockade, riot police briefly intervened with batons against the crowd, which tried to block one of the entrances to the TV building with metal security fences.
At least one plainclothes policeman was injured in skirmishes after apparently being struck in the head by a uniformed officer, according to video footage released on social media.
The students blame the public TV station for bias reporting and siding with Vucic and the government during the demonstrations.
The Serbian president was the guest of the main TV news bulletin on Monday evening.
During the interview, Vucic insulted the student-led protests, warning that security forces will use force against participants of the big rally planned for Saturday.
He pledged never to step down because of the massive nationwide demonstrations.
Many in Serbia believe that the huge concrete construction fell down because of poor renovation work fuelled by government corruption.
The students have insisted on full accountability in the tragedy, a call that has garnered widespread support among citizens who are largely disillusioned with politicians and have lost trust in state institutions.
Authorities have indicted 16 people over the canopy collapse, but many doubt that the actual culprits will face justice.
AP video shot by Alimr Alic
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