(14 Aug 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Belgrade, Serbia – 14 August 2025
++PART NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Pan of anti-government protesters gathered in front of the Serbian government building
2. Serbian flag at protest
3. Various of protesters
4. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Zoran Lutovac, member of opposition Democratic party:
“I think that things are escalating, and that they perhaps didn’t expect this much resistance, this much energy in the middle of August, which can be a very bad indicator for them.”
5. Protesters on road, Serbian flag
6. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Aleksa Petkovic, resident of Belgrade:
“I simply think now is the moment where we should all get out and show that we aren’t frightened, and that their attempts to use violence to stop the people’s and the students’ protests will not work.”
7. Protesters on road, Serbian flag
8. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Radmila Ranitovic, resident of Belgrade:
“I thought (the violence) was frightening, paralysing, and something must change as soon as possible.”
9. People marching and chanting during protest
10. Serbian Gendarmerie police officers in riot gear, in line in front of protesters
11. Various of government supporters on the other side of the police line
12. Government supporters shining lasers at protesters
13. Government supporters firing fireworks at protesters while police begin pushing back protesters
14. Protesters throwing flares at police
15. Protesters throwing objects at police and government supporters
16. Various of police pushing protesters back
STORYLINE:
Thousands of anti-government protesters returned to the streets of Belgrade on Thursday after two days of clashes with loyalists of autocratic President Aleksandar Vucic and riot police that left dozens injured or detained.
Police in the evening fired tear gas in at least two locations to disperse the protesters and keep groups of supporters of the opposing camps apart.
Protesters in a downtown area scrambled in panic, some tumbling to the ground as they tried to run away.
Vucic told pro-government Informer television that “the state will win” as he announced a crackdown on anti-government protesters, accusing them of inciting violence and of being “enemies of their own country.”
“I simply think now is the moment where we should all get out and show that we aren’t frightened, and that their attempts to use violence to stop the people’s and the students’ protests will not work,” said protester and Belgrade resident Aleksa Petkovic.
AP Video shot by Marko Drobnjakovic
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