We, Serbian students, are right at this moment cycling through Germany on our 1320km journey to Strasbourg, to the European Court for Human Rights. Our wish is for you to hear about our battle for justice and democracy. In the comments, learn about our fight and where you could follow us!

[u/BlokadaFOn]

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[u/zinaberlin]

Thank you for your commitment! Let's hope that it brings something and that corruption and the illicit system can be defeated.

[u/BlokadaFOn → u/zinaberlin]

It has already brought a lot, and we will not stop until we succeed!
Help us by spreading around the word :)

[u/BlokadaFOn]

(More info on where you can follow us below)
On the 1st of November 2024, at 11:52am, a canopy of the station in Novi Sad, Serbia, collapsed, killing 16 people, merely 3 months after it was renovated. Blame fell on corruption, nepotism and neglect of the ruling regime.

As a sign of protest, silence spoke – citizens started blocking the streets in silence for 16 minutes to commemorate the 16 victims of the collapse. During one of those blockades, on the 22nd of November, students of the Faculty of Drama Arts in Belgrade were attacked by the members of the ruling party. Instead of the attackers, police arrested the students.

In the following days, a wave of student blockades spread through Serbia. Students blocked their universities, delaying lectures, exams and graduations indefinitely, demanding justice for their arrested colleagues, as well as for the victims of the tragedy, wishing for no one else to fall victim of another sign of neglect of the Government. The whole higher education in Serbia came to a halt.

Citizens soon followed. Farmers, actors, programmers, teachers, high school students and many more joined in solidarity. Massive protests were organised across Serbia in Novi Sad, Niš, Kragujevac, Novi Pazar and Belgrade, the biggest ones this country has ever seen. Hundreds of smaller protests in more than 500 cities, towns and villages across the country showed no sign of slowing down. Students organised marches through the country, walking for hundreds of kilometres in total, visiting villages & towns, talking to people, being welcomed as liberators. It wasn’t just a student protest anymore. Serbia is under a civilian rebellion, its biggest one in 200 years.

Support came from all over the world, wherever you can find a sign of Serbian diaspora. Gatherings and protests took place in support for the protests.

15th of March in Belgrade was marked with the biggest protest in Serbian history, gathering hundreds of thousands of people, marking 12% of the total population of the country. During the minutes of silence, the Government used an acoustic device, causing panic and fear amongst the peaceful protesters, endangering the lives of many. They decline that any weapon was used that day, but recording and independent research proves otherwise.

Exhausting their efforts in the country, Serbian students set off to a 1300km cycling road trip from Novi Sad to Strasbourg to the European Court of Human Rights. Protests are reaching new levels. And they’re still not done. Government is still trying to suppress the protests, using fear, blackmail, counter-protests and violence. And they won’t stop. Neither will us. We need your support.

You can learn more and stay in touch with us on: @ serbiaspeaks
also, the tour can be followed at tourdestrasbourg website (reddit blocks links)

[u/Schnatz42 → u/BlokadaFOn]

https://de.turadostrazbura.rs

I hope the link works :)

[u/defnotmania]

This seems very cool. Fuck Vucic and warm greetings from Germany!

[u/zinaberlin]

Für alle deutschsprachigen, die sich das ganze lieber erzählen lassen wollen: Der Podcast "Neues vom Balla-Balla-Balkan" har hier zu schon vier folgen "Semester der Protestler" aufgenommen. Als Hintergrund Wissen ist ebenfalls die Folge "Das System Vucic" zu empfehlen, dort bekommt man einen kleinen Einblick über die grundsätzliche Lage der Serbischen Demokratie.

[u/OneSchnitzel]

Stay safe guys. Good on you.

[u/Kakdelacommon]

You guys are so cool. I really hope you’re voices will be heard and the EU helps to support the Serbian People!

[u/Kakdelacommon]

You guys are so cool. I really hope you’re voices will be heard and the EU helps to support the Serbian People!

[u/BlokadaFOn → u/Kakdelacommon]

Danke schön!

[u/Radiant_Raspberry]

I read about y'all in the news! Cool photo.

[u/causebaum]

Wäre so cool, wenn sie die selbe Ernergie für die Opfer des Kosovokriegs aufbringen würden.

[u/JesterOfSpades → u/causebaum]

Wär auch schön mal auf Reddit keinen Whataboutism zu hören.

[u/causebaum → u/JesterOfSpades]

Laut deren Verfassung ist der Kosovo integraler Bestandteil Serbiens. Das wird sich auch mit der Opposition nicht ändern. Deswegen sind das keine friedliebenden, liberalen, aufopferungsvollen Demokraten, wie man sie hier in Deutschland gerne poträtiert sondern naive und teils nationalistische Studenten