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Several arrested in Serbia as tensions mount ahead of anti-corruption rally in Belgrade on weekend
- Several people have been arrested in Serbia for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government, according to police reports.
- Hundreds demonstrated in Belgrade against these arrests, driven by university students' call for an early election.
- President Aleksandar Vucic's government has refused the demand for a snap vote and has accused protesters of planning violence at the upcoming rally.
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Today's large protest at Slavija Square in Belgrade will be a test of how much momentum the student movement still has left and how much tolerance the authorities have.
Arrests are reported from Serbia ahead of a student protest planned for Saturday in Belgrade. Authorities accuse the students of planning violence, and they have given the government until Saturday evening to call early parliamentary elections and clear the park in front of the parliament. Otherwise, they have announced civil disobedience.
Serbian Prime Minister Đuro Macut stated that Serbia will not join the sanctions against Russia.
The deputy president of the Party of Freedom and Justice, Borko Stefanović, said today that Serbia must get rid of the "violent mafia, which presents itself as the government" in "at least minimally free elections".
'We're not tiring': Serbian students to hold mass anti-government protests on the weekend
A historic student-led uprising prepares to confront President Vučić's regime on Serbia's most symbolic date, with national elections looming. 'This regime has caused so much suffering and so much damage to our society that I felt like it couldn't go on,' says one activist
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