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Pride march in Serbia condemns police violence at anti-government rallies, seeks LGBTQ+ rights
Belgrade Pride 2025 highlighted police brutality during a crackdown on student-led protests against President Aleksandar Vucic, with at least 42 protesters detained, officials said.
- On September 7, 2025, a Pride march in Belgrade, Serbia, voiced opposition to law enforcement's harsh treatment of anti-government demonstrators and expressed solidarity with university students involved in ongoing protests.
- The march follows 10 months of student-led demonstrations against President Aleksandar Vucic sparked by a fatal train station roof collapse in November 2024.
- Thousands gathered in Novi Sad to protest, leading to violent confrontations with law enforcement who deployed crowd control measures such as tear gas and stun grenades; the clashes resulted in injuries to officers and the detention of numerous demonstrators.
- Interior Minister Ivica Dacic reported 13 police injuries and 42 detainees, while Vucic accused protesters of threatening Serbia's stability and rejected demands for snap elections.
- The Pride march highlighted ongoing police brutality and the lack of progress on LGBTQ+ rights amid authoritarian repression and calls to not normalize the current political climate.
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Pride march in Serbia condemns police violence at anti-government rallies, seeks LGBTQ+ rights
A Pride gathering in Serbia's capital has condemned police violence against anti-government protesters while offering support to university students behind the monthslong demonstrations against populist President Aleksandar Vucic.
The gathering before this year's Pride protest walk, the so-called Pride Parade, which this year is being held under the slogan "For the family", will begin today at 4 p.m. in Belgrade's Manjež Park, and the demands of the LGBT+ community for equal rights have remained the same for years, because the state has not fulfilled any of them.
The LGBTQ+ Pride march held on Saturday in the Serbian capital condemned police violence against anti-government protesters, while supporting university students who organized protests against populist president Aleksandar Vucic.
The event was mostly peaceful, the only incident occurred near the Ascension Church, where several dozen people opposed to the LGBT+ parade had gathered.
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