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Tires to block roads, movable fences connected by chains, garbage containers and chairs in the middle of the streets serving as barricades.
In Serbia, demonstrations against the government of President Aleksandar Vučić continue for the third consecutive day.
After the arrests on Saturday evening, when a river of people flooded the streets of the capital with red and blue flags, citizens took to the streets again yesterday evening to demand the release of protesters arrested during clashes with the police.
Today, roads across Serbia were blocked again. In addition to Belgrade, protesters took to the streets in several cities, including Novi Sad, Nis, Čačak, Kragujevac, Sabac, Smederevci, Vozdovač, Lazarevac, Pancevo, Užice, Zrenjanin and Zajecar.
The requirements are the same as in recent months.
Meanwhile, following the arrests of recent days, the European Union today called on Belgrade to respect citizens' right to peaceful demonstrations.
As videos of violent clashes between protesters and police were published on social media, the EU said it expected "a swift, transparent and credible investigation into allegations of excessive use of force by law enforcement officers and that a fair trial be guaranteed to all those detained in the context of the protest," said European Commission Enlargement Spokesperson Guillaume Mercier.
The response came from President Vučić himself, who has already been accused of using a sonic cannon to disperse protesters on March 15. From Seville, where he is attending the UN summit on Financing for Development, the president said that "I have always fought for the freedom of Serbia and I will continue to do so. We will maintain order in the country."
However, according to a list published today on social media by students of the University of Arts in Belgrade, 29 young people were arrested this morning.
Meanwhile, the Kremlin has backed Belgrade. Russia “does not rule out the use of technologies known to Serbia to provoke color revolutions,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
“We have no doubt that the current Serbian leadership will be able to restore law and order and calm in the republic as soon as possible,” he added. Rallies and demonstrations are planned throughout the evening, with civic and student associations calling on citizens to continue blocking the streets.
Meanwhile, students blocking the University of Novi Sad have sent a letter to the opposition parliamentary groups in the Serbian Parliament, calling on them to immediately demand the holding of early parliamentary elections as soon as possible and, if this does not happen, to consider the possibility of a collective and responsible withdrawal from the work of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia.
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