BELGRADE, Serbia — A Pride march in Serbia 's capital on Saturday condemned police violence against anti-government protesters while offering support to university students behind the monthslong demonstrations against populist President Aleksandar Vucic.

Organizers said the event in Belgrade was a protest, without festival-style features. Participants instead held a commemorative silence that has marked the past 10 months of persistent student-led demonstrations challenging Vucic.

One of the banners at the gathering in central Belgrade read “Gays against police state!" while another used the “Pump it up!" rallying call of the student-led movement that has drawn hundreds of thousands of people against Vucic.

“We cannot close our eyes at what's happening in our country,” march organizers

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