Thousands Join Anti-Establishment Protest

Ljubljana, 8 February - A crowd numbering about 20,000 according to police estimates gathered in Ljubljana Friday afternoon in the latest instalment of Facebook-organised anti-establishment protests dubbed the "All-Slovenian Uprising".

Ljubljana Police estimates 20,000 joined anti-establishment protests in the centre of Ljubljana. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Police estimates 20,000 joined anti-establishment protests in the centre of Ljubljana.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Police estimates 20,000 joined anti-establishment protests in the centre of Ljubljana. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Police estimates 20,000 joined anti-establishment protests in the centre of Ljubljana.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Sociologist Franc Trček, one of the driving forces of the protest movement in Maribor, addresses the crowd gathered for the third "All-Slovenian Uprising" in the capital. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Sociologist Franc Trček, one of the driving forces of the protest movement in Maribor, addresses the crowd gathered for the third "All-Slovenian Uprising" in the capital.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Police estimates 20,000 joined anti-establishment protests in the centre of Ljubljana. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Police estimates 20,000 joined anti-establishment protests in the centre of Ljubljana.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Second World War veterans join rally as an estimated 20,000 protest against political elites. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Second World War veterans join rally as an estimated 20,000 protest against political elites.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Protesters with zombie masks scale the entrance to the central bank building after taping walls with "Our property" slogans. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
Protesters with zombie masks scale the entrance to the central bank building after taping walls with "Our property" slogans.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana Police estimate 20,000 joined anti-establishment protests in the centre of Ljubljana. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Police estimate 20,000 joined anti-establishment protests in the centre of Ljubljana.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Police estimates 10,000 joined anti-establishment protests in the centre of Ljubljana. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Police estimates 10,000 joined anti-establishment protests in the centre of Ljubljana.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Protesters joining the anti-establishment rally brandish paper masks depicting zombies, a reference to the ruling Democrats (SDS) labelling participants of one of the previous protests as zombies. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Protesters joining the anti-establishment rally brandish paper masks depicting zombies, a reference to the ruling Democrats (SDS) labelling participants of one of the previous protests as zombies.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Police estimate 20,000 joined anti-establishment protests in the centre of Ljubljana. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Police estimate 20,000 joined anti-establishment protests in the centre of Ljubljana.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Police estimate 20,000 joined anti-establishment protests in the centre of Ljubljana. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Police estimate 20,000 joined anti-establishment protests in the centre of Ljubljana.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana A banner borrows imagery of the landmark "Death Dance" fresco from the Holy Trinity Church in Hrastovlje, with heads of all leaders of parliamentary parties superimposed on bodies led to their death. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
A banner borrows imagery of the landmark "Death Dance" fresco from the Holy Trinity Church in Hrastovlje, with heads of all leaders of parliamentary parties superimposed on bodies led to their death.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Protesters carrying banners on the way to the third in a series of protests against political elites, dubbed the "All-Slovenian Uprising". Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Protesters carrying banners on the way to the third in a series of protests against political elites, dubbed the "All-Slovenian Uprising".
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana A protester carries a banner saying "We want them to step down, now" next to pictures of PM Janez Janša and Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Janković. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
A protester carries a banner saying "We want them to step down, now" next to pictures of PM Janez Janša and Ljubljana Mayor Zoran Janković.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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