Aleksandar Jovanovic "Cuta" (BETAPHOTO/MILAN TIMOTIC/EV)
Serbian citizens in numerous cities protested by blocking traffic again on Dec. 11, in response to calls by environmental organizations opposed to the creation of a lithium mine by the Rio Tinto company in the Jadar river basin.
The one-hour blockades, with noticeably fewer protesters than last Saturday, passed mostly without incident except for minor altercations between protesters and individual drivers in Belgrade, Nis and Novi Sad.
Green Uprising representative Aleksandar Jovanovic "Cuta" restated demands for the withdrawal of the Jadar project's spatial plan and banning the exploitation of lithium. The protesters chanted "rise up, rise up," during the blockade.
The people of Kragujevac, Preljina outside Cacak, Novi Pazar, Pirot, Prokuplje, Leskovac, Krusevac, Bor and Sabac also blocked traffic.
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