By Ivana Sekularac

BELGRADE (Reuters) -Thousands of protesters circled a former army headquarters in Serbia on Tuesday over a new law to speed its conversion into a luxury compound leased to an investment company founded by U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.

The rally in the capital Belgrade added to a spate of anti-government protests harrying President Aleksandar Vucic triggered by the collapse a year ago of a railway station roof that killed 16 people.

“We came here to raise our voice against the law,” said Teodora Smiljanic, a 48-year old protester.

“By passing this law he (Vucic) is aiming to please Trump and curry favour,” she said. “Perhaps he thinks that Trump in return could lift sanctions against NIS.”

NIS, Serbia’s sole, Russian-owned oil refinery, is u

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