New Serbia against Violence Protest Held in Belgrade

A new Serbia against Violence protest on June 17 (BETAPHOTO/MILOS MISKOV)

Protesters in the latest Serbia against Violence protest marched again through Belgrade on Oct. 7, stopping in front of the Presidency building, where protest moderator Smiljan Banjac told Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic that the protesters would continue to be "persistent" and that there would be "no withdrawal, no surrender."

"We know who we are -- we are the Light, they are Darkness," Banjac said, asking those present to turn on the lights on their smartphones and hold them up. Banjac said they had come to the place where "the main originator of all divisions in Serbia's more recent history" was.

Banjac said Vucic had stammered through a recent interview with the U.S.'s CNN TV, and dared not enter local TV studios without prearranged questions. Banjac called on citizens to assemble in the same spot in front of the Serbian parliament at a protest on Saturday, Oct. 14.

The Serbia against Violence protesters also marched past the Serbian Broadcasting Corporation building which Banjac said was paid by the people to report profesionally, instead of kowtowing to the regime.