American singer and actress Madonna has voiced her support for student protests in Serbia, sharing a message on her Instagram story highlighting what she called “one of the largest student protests since 1968.”
The post, which includes aerial images of demonstrations, says that students have shut down nearly every university and launched 24-hour blockades in a demand for systemic changes and “less corruption in the government.”
“Professors and teachers have joined students in their protests, and the government is threatening them with job losses,” the post says.
Madonna urged her followers to spread awareness about the protests. “We must make this situation go viral and support the students and people of Serbia. We stand with Serbia,” she wrote.
The footage was accompanied by her 1989 hit song, Like a Prayer.
Protests over the deaths of 15 people in November after a roof collapsed at a station in Novi Sad quickly ballooned and spread across the Balkan country, triggering a political crisis that saw the prime minister, Miloš Vučević, resign.
“Professors and teachers have joined students in their protests, and the government is threatening them with job losses,” the post says.
Madonna urged her followers to spread awareness about the protests. “We must make this situation go viral and support the students and people of Serbia. We stand with Serbia,” she wrote.
The footage was accompanied by her 1989 hit song, Like a Prayer.
Protests over the deaths of 15 people in November after a roof collapsed at a station in Novi Sad quickly ballooned and spread across the Balkan country, triggering a political crisis that saw the prime minister, Miloš Vučević, resign.
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