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2017 protests over election results
Date3 April 2017 - present
Location
Belgrade and many other cities, Serbia
Caused by
Goals
MethodsDemonstrations, civil disobedience, civil resistance
Parties

Protesters

  • Citizens
Lead figures
Number
Hundreds of thousands
Unknown number of police

The 2017 protests against dictatorship are mass protests organized across Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš and other cities and towns in Serbia, against the president-elect Aleksandar Vučić, as a result of the presidential election. The protests have been ongoing since April 3 and thousands of people have been gathering on the streets of Serbia's cities on a daily basis. The leading participants are university students, however by Sunday, they have been joined by the police, the army, taxi drivers, lawyers, postal office workers and other syndicates who are protesting against the president-elect's authoritarian regime. A set of demands have been presented to endorse a democratization of the country, including measures to limit and oversee the President-elect's firm control.

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