SERBIA: BELGRADE: STUDENTS PROTEST OVER COURT RULING

Описание: (25 Nov 1996) Natural Sound

Around 20-thousand angry students took to the streets of Belgrade Monday in protest at a court ruling that annulled an apparent opposition electoral victory.

Protesters also demanded an explanation from Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.

Demonstrators vented their anger by throwing eggs at the city hall building and local television station in the biggest protest of its kind seen in Belgrade for years.

Chanting "Red Bandits!" thousands of university students poured onto the streets in Belgrade's city centre Monday.

They were protesting against court rulings that erased an apparent opposition victory in recent local elections. The demonstrators demanded an explanation from Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.

The courts that annulled the recent vote are widely thought to be controlled by Milosevic.

Students are demanding that his regime recognise the opposition victory in the recent elections.

People stood on their balconies to cheer and applaud the protests that are now entering its seventh day.

Students then marched to Belgrade city hall and TV Belgrade and began throwing eggs at the building.

Protestors are particulaty angry at TV Belgrade, whose reports have been heavily biased against the opposition movement.

The popular protests have been steadily gathering momentum and are becoming an ever increasing threat to the stability of the Milosevic Government.

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