Thousands of people protested in Belgrade against the law that allows the transformation of the former military headquarters into a luxury real estate complex, leased to a company owned by Trump's son-in-law.

On Tuesday, thousands of protesters surrounded the former headquarters of the Serbian army in Belgrade, contesting a recently adopted law that facilitates its transformation into a luxury real estate complex, leased to Affinity Global Development, founded by Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of American President Donald Trump.

The protests are part of a series of anti-government demonstrations that have intensified following the collapse of the roof of a renovated train station, an incident that resulted in 16 deaths. People accuse President Aleksandar Vucic of adopting this law to gain Trump’s favor, in the context of sanctions imposed on the oil company NIS, owned by Russia.

The adopted law allows for expedited administrative procedures for the construction of a hotel and other facilities on the site of the former military headquarters, considered a symbol of modernist architecture and the suffering during the NATO bombings in 1999. Although the opposition has challenged the legality of the law, the government majority approved it without amendments, arguing that it is essential for relations with the USA.