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Serbian police detain at least 38 people amid protests against election results

Students hold placards depicting Aleksandar Vucic's (R) and Prime Minister Ana Brnabic's (L) ID's as they block one of the Belgrade's main streets during a protest, on December 25, 2023, a week after the parliamentary and local elections in Serbia. © Andrej Isakovic, AFP

Serbian police said Monday they have detained at least 38 people who took part in a protest against reported widespread irregularities during a recent general ballot that declared the governing populists as winners of the parliamentary and local councils' elections. 

Opposition group Serbia Against Violence has been staging protests since the Dec. 17 elections, saying there has been election fraud, particularly in the capital, Belgrade. Some politicians began a hunger strike. 

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