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Blockaded students in Niš call protest over expected Vučić visit

From N1 Serbia · () Serbian

Translated from Serbian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Students protesting at the University of Niš called on residents to gather at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Crveni Pevac intersection.
  • They plan to protest an expected Serbian Progressive Party meeting at the National Theatre, which they say President Aleksandar Vučić will attend.
  • The students announced the slogan “Don’t come, you are not welcome” and described the SNS as a “criminal organization.”

Students blockading the University of Niš have called on residents of the city and surrounding areas to gather on Saturday, September 5, at 10:30 a.m. at the Crveni Pevac intersection.

students are winning

· Students blockading the University of NišThe students said their gathering would express opposition to the SNS and the expected visit by Vučić.

They said the gathering would coincide with an expected meeting of the Serbian Progressive Party, or SNS, at the National Theatre at 11 a.m. The students called the party a “criminal organization” and said they wanted to express their views and send a strong message that “students are winning”.

The protest is planned under the slogan “Don’t come, you are not welcome”. The students urged participants to bring whistles, vuvuzelas, Serbian flags and banners. They also said Niš was not the party’s private property, but an imperial city.

Don't come, you are not welcome

· Students blockading the University of NišThis was the slogan announced for the planned protest.

Unofficial information cited by N1 said the SNS main board would meet at the theatre and that President Aleksandar Vučić, who is also a party official, would attend. Opposition representatives claimed employees of public utility companies had been ordered to attend a party gathering outside the theatre, regardless of whether they belonged to the SNS.

criminal organization

· Students blockading the University of NišThe students used this description for the Serbian Progressive Party.
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Originally published by N1 Serbia in Serbian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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