Serbia, Belgrade and tear gas
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The situation has put pressure on Serbia's increasingly autocratic President Aleksandar Vucic, who has refused the protesters' demand to call an early parliamentary election.
Almost daily protests have gripped Serbia since November 2024, . Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Police fired tear gas at anti-government protesters in downtown Belgrade as they clashed for the third day on Friday in the Serbian capital and other cities amid reports of police brutality and excessive use of force during the unrest.
POLITICO spoke to an opposition lawmaker who said he was beaten by masked men as demonstrations were met with a violent response.
Clashes between rival groups of protesters in Serbia flared again late Thursday, police said, as months of anti-government demonstrations
UEFA has fined Partizan Belgrade more than $100,000 and ordered part of the Serbian club’s stadium closed at one European game for fans’ racist and political statements.