BIRN has mapped numerous incidents of police brutality during protests on Tuesday and Wednesday in Serbia. Journalists and women were not spared.

They include incidents of police violence against civilians, men and women, posing no apparent threat, as well as against journalists. The material reviewed by BIRN shows that most incidents of police brutality on Tuesday and Wednesday occurred far from the entrance to the parliament, as police chased down protesters following clashes that broke out when protesters tried to storm the assembly. The authorities deployed teargas and mounted police to disperse the