Dismantling democracy? Virus used as excuse to quell dissent
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ??" Soldiers patrol the streets with their fingers on machine gun triggers. The army guards an exhibition center-turned-makeshift-hospital crowded with rows of metal beds for those infected with the coronavirus. And Serbia's president warns residents that Belgrade's graveyards won't be big enough to bury the dead if people ignore his government's lockdown orders. Since President Aleksandar Vucic announced an open-ended state of emergency on March 15, parliament has been a...
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