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Student protests were held inBelgrade,Yugoslavia, as the first mass protest in Yugoslavia after World War II. Protests then also erupted in some of the capitals of the other Yugoslav republics –Sarajevo,Zagreb andLjubljana – but they were smaller and shorter-lasting than those in Belgrade.[1]
On the night of 2 June 1968, students of theBelgrade University initiated a seven-day strike. The police responded by beating the student protestors and banning all public gatherings. Ignoring the ban, the student protestors then gathered at theFaculty of Philosophy, held debates and speeches onsocial justice, and distributed copies of the banned magazineStudent. Students also protested against economic reforms, which led to high unemployment and workers leaving the country and finding work elsewhere.[citation needed]In Ljubljana, more than 5000 people gathered on Prešern square.[dubious –discuss] They were violently dispersed by police units from Croatia using batons, tear gas and water canons. Hundreds were injured.Leading public figures, including film directorDušan Makavejev, stage actorStevo Žigon, poetDesanka Maksimović, and numerous university professors, lent their support to the protests and in so doing found themselves running into problems in their careers because of their connections to the protests.
PresidentJosip Broz Tito gave a televised speech on June 9, which ultimately led to the cessation of the protests, as he conceded that the "students are right" and gave in to some of their demands. However, in the years that followed, he retaliated against the leaders of the protests by imprisoning students (Vladimir Mijanović, Milan Nikolić, Pavluško Imširović,Lazar Stojanović and others) and by firing critical professors from university positions and Communist party posts.[citation needed]
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