People attend a protest against lack of government action to prevent investors from polluting rivers, land and air in front of the Serbian parliament in Belgrade, Serbia, April 10, 2021. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Several thousand people blocked traffic in front of the Serbian parliament on Saturday in a protest against lack of government action to prevent water, land and air pollution by industries such as the mining sector.
Protesters, who came to Belgrade from all over Serbia, held banners reading "Cut corruption and crime not forests," and "Young people are leaving because they cannot breathe".
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