On the eighth day of protests in Serbia, on the morning of July 7, over ten main roads in Belgrade were blocked by protesters.
At the request of students, informal groups of citizens blocked roads and intersections in several neighborhoods starting at 7:00 AM.
Among them are some of the main streets in New Belgrade.
Police intervened on several occasions, preventing citizens from blocking main roads in several locations in Belgrade.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Balkan Service reports increased police presence on the streets of the city center and in other neighborhoods.
In some of the places where there are blockades, it is reported that the police have requested citizens' identification documents.
Blockades in cities across Serbia began after students called for "civil disobedience" from June 28.
The academic organization "Students in the Blockade" has been organizing protests since the end of last year, demanding responsibility for the incident at the Railway Station in Novi Sad.
Sixteen people lost their lives when a concrete shelter collapsed there on November 1.
The students, who have also blocked faculties, demand the publication of full documentation for the reconstruction of the railway station, the identification and prosecution of those who attacked protesters during rallies across Serbia, the release of activists arrested in protests and the termination of criminal proceedings against them, as well as an increase in the budget for universities.
Since May, their demand has also been to call early elections so that the new government can work to fulfill their previous demands.
Over the past week, Serbian police, on several occasions, detained people who blocked roads.
There were also clashes between protesters and law enforcement.
Their opponents, who call themselves "students who want to learn," have been setting up camps in front of the Serbian Presidency since early March, demanding that authorities allow them to return to universities.
They have been visited several times by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić himself./ REL (A2 Televizion)
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