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'Glavna ulica' in Zemun blocked for the sixth day, students refuse to surrender...
Since Friday morning, Belgrade's main street, Zemun, Glavna Ulica, has been turned into a "pedestrian-free zone" in protest of arrests and police violence against students and citizens over the past week. This is the sixth day of mass protests that have swept Serbia, with students becoming the mainstay of civic resistance.
Young people from the Faculty of Agriculture and other faculties in Belgrade have set up symbolic barricades, blocking traffic and turning this urban area into a space of revolt. In parallel, more than 1,130 citizens have been stopped for identity checks by the police, and 107 of them are in custody.
In other parts of the Serbian capital, from Autokomanda to King Alexander Boulevard, to new communes like "Pariska" in Novi Beograd, spontaneous blockades have been recorded, in an attempt to spread the symbolism of resistance throughout the city.
President Aleksandar Vučić has chosen to mock the protesters, calling the blockades “4-minute Instagram shows,” but the reality on the ground speaks differently. The student mobilization has acquired a new social and political dimension, prompting calls for early elections and punishment for acts of state violence.
What do these protests warn the Balkans about?
The events in Zemun are not just an internal Serbian issue. They reveal a great tension between the younger generation and the captured political elites. At a time when authoritarianism is trying to restore the model of control over the media, justice and academic life, students have become the strongest voice against this project.
For Albania and the region, this is a warning. The demand for accountability, for justice, and for honest politics is a wave that crosses borders. Blocking a road is not simply an act of revolt, it is a “symbolic referendum” against a rotten system.
Zemun is today a protest laboratory. Tomorrow it could be Novi Sad, the day after tomorrow Skopje or Tirana. Because the Balkans, more than ever, need conscious citizens, not untouchable leaders./ Pamphlet
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