Overview
- Nightly confrontations have spread since August 12 in Belgrade, Valjevo and Novi Sad, with riot police pursuing crowds after attacks on ruling Serbian Progressive Party offices.
- Authorities have detained more than 100 people in recent days as footage showed arrested youths kneeling before officers and students described beatings in garages.
- Student activist Nikolina Sindjelic alleges a police commander threatened her with rape during detention; the Interior Ministry strongly denies any mistreatment.
- President Aleksandar Vucic has branded demonstrators “terrorists,” cast the movement as a foreign‑funded “colour revolution,” and promised a harsh state response.
- The EU ambassador urges restraint and investigations into suspected excessive force as student‑led organizers press for snap elections and full accountability for the Novi Sad tragedy.