(12 Apr 2025)
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Novi Pazar, Serbia – 12 April 2025
1. Wide of cyclists arriving at the students protest in Novi Pazar, Serbia
2. Various of cyclists and bikers on the street
3. Top shot of people standing in silence to pay respect for the victims of train station roof top collapse in Novi Sad
4. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Snezana Vujanovic, Protester:
”Students are not asking for anything impossible, they are asking that country is functioning, that institutions are functioning, that there is no corruption and that everyone is doing the job they are responsible for. I really believe that this has to finish ok (positive).”
5. Top shot of people standing in silence to pay respect for the victims of train station roof top collapse in Novi Sad
6. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Svetlana Radonjic, Protester:
”(Student) requests have not been fulfilled and surely they will succeed in their goals, definitely. There is no going back.”
7. Wide of protesters jumping and chanting
8. Top shot of protesters
STORYLINE:
Tensions have mounted in Serbia ahead of a major rally in support of populist President Aleksandar Vučić as he pledged to regain control following months of anti-corruption protests.
The student-led gatherings have drawn hundreds of thousands of people in an unprecedented challenge to Vučić.
On Saturday, students held a rally in the predominantly Muslim town of Novi Pazar, some 300 kilometers (180 miles) southwest of Belgrade.
Protester Snezana Vujanovic supported the students, and said they hope for the country to function.
“Students are not asking for anything impossible, they are asking that country is functioning, that institutions are functioning, that there is no corruption and that everyone is doing the job they are responsible for,” she said.
Police intervened with students in the town to free an intersection for buses ferrying Vučić’s supporters to Belgrade.
Separately, police broke up a blockade of a city transport garage in Novi Sad.
Protesters said public buses were being used for Vučić’s rally while rail and bus services were suspended during anti-government gatherings.
The president is a former extreme nationalist who now says he wants Serbia to join the European Union but has faced accusations of stifling democratic freedoms while maintaining close relations with Russia and China.
Vučić has been struggling to quell the nationwide movement led by university students demanding justice for the victims of a train station canopy collapse that killed 16 people in November and which many blamed on alleged widespread graft.
The increasingly authoritarian Serbian government has stepped up a crackdown against critics and independent media, with police questioning students and activists and threatening legal action to curb university strikes.
AP video by Alimr Alic
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