Student part of the action "Stop, Serbia" on November 29, with which, with 15 minutes of standing in silence, mail was given to those killed in the fall of the canopy of the railway station in Novi Sad, actually became the most massive university protest since 1996/97. year, because of the total number of participants in that action, more than a third were from the ranks of students, announced the Archives of Public Meetings.
Based on the available recordings, the Archive of Public Meetings made an analysis that showed that between 6400 and 6900 people across Serbia participated in that action, which is 10 to 15 percent more than a week before.
A little more than a third of the participants, or about 2400 people who took part in that action, were students, and their dominance was especially pronounced in Belgrade, where students made up three quarters of all participants.
At least 29 people took part in the action in Belgrade on November 2200, of which at least 1700 were students. In Novi Sad, at least 2100 people participated in the action, of which between 650 and 700 people participated in the student actions.
Faculty blockades
On November 29, students in Belgrade blocked traffic near the Rectorate building, but because the attackers of their colleagues from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts (FDU) were not prosecuted, they extended the blockade from 15 minutes to even 12 hours. That day, at the plenum in the Rectorate, students adopted several demands, the most important of which is to punish those responsible for beating students in front of FDU. Then they decided that the students of all faculties would help each other in the struggle and protests and that they would coordinate the actions.
They showed that they were serious a few days later - on December 2, they started blocking the Rectorate of the University of Belgrade, the Faculty of Philology, Philosophy and Mathematics. Soon, the announcement came that on December 3, the students of the Faculty of Political Sciences would do the same, which came true.
Support for students also came from nearly 400 graduates of FDU who sent an open letter on Monday in which they supported the demands of current students.
At the same time, the blockade of the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad began on Monday, and the dean's office of that faculty sent a message to the employees that until further notice, they will switch to an online working mode.
Teachers and associates at the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad supported the student blockade of that faculty and pointed out that it is an expression of the general solidarity of the academic community with the society that has been seeking responsibility for the death of 15 people during the fall of the canopy at the Novi Sad Railway Station.
They also stated that, in solidarity with the students, they are suspending all classes and calling on the administration of the Faculty of Philosophy to withdraw the decision to hold online classes.
