Protesters storm Serbian pro-Vucic TV station after his loss at polls
Summary
Protesters entered the newsroom of pro-Vucic Informer TV in Belgrade on Monday evening, interrupting its broadcast and calling for the arrest of its editor. The incident followed the Student List’s reported election victory over Aleksandar Vucic’s alliance, as celebrations continued and the student movement urged supporters to remain calm.Key Facts
- Live footage showed about 30 protesters entering Informer TV’s newsroom and surrounding editor-in-chief and owner Dragan Vucicevic.
- Some protesters called for Vucicevic’s arrest and shouted slogans about a free Serbia and Vucic’s absence.
- Vucic called the newsroom incident an attack on free speech and journalism in a post on Instagram.
- The article says the Student List, which grew out of a student-led anti-corruption movement, defeated Vucic’s alliance in Sunday’s election.
- The student movement has not named a prime minister or other key officials, and its leading election-list candidate called for calm.
- The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia said it would seek to have Informer TV’s broadcasting licence revoked, citing alleged legal and programming violations.
- Police cordoned off Belgrade’s Pink TV station after a group gathered outside it.
- Public broadcaster RTV in Vojvodina apologized for what it described as uncritical and one-sided reporting.
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