There have been serious clashes in Belgrade, #Serbia. Protesters stormed the parliament building and have been clashing with police.
Read more about it here: reuters.com/article/us-hea…
Read more about it here: reuters.com/article/us-hea…
The clashes are being framed as “anti-Coronavirus lockdown” protests, but from what I understand speaking to Serbian friends it’s a bit more complicated than that. Seems that eveyone has long been sick of the government’s soft dictator-like ways and now they’ve had enough.
People are essentially stretching their legs and asserting their anger at the state. I’m told eveyone from far-left to far-right is involved in clashes. Police response has been very heavy.
The moment protesters in #Serbia pushed past police and stormed the parliament building last night.
Police beating the shit out of people in Belgrade, #Serbia again tonight. Second night of anti-government protests.
Getting quite a few messages from Serbs saying I should go to cover the clashes. Yes, if this carries on I will definitely head out to Belgrade to cover it on the ground. We'll make a doc for Popular Front. Just give it a week or so. popularfront.co
After the lads sat on a bench got beaten by police for sitting down (see further up the thread) they went back to the bench to sit down again lol. Legends.
Clashes all over the city.
In regards to the protests in #Serbia.
Decent article here about the protests in #Serbia. No, they are no “covid19 riots”. nytimes.com/2020/07/08/wor…
Serbian state owned media is already starting conspiracy theory bullshit, saying that the anti-government protests are actually a plot by Ukrainian and Kyrgyzstan spies sent via Israel 😂. 
