REM does not do its job, but implements political directives, is the short conclusion of "Report from the Shadow" of the Independent Journalists Association of Serbia
The indictment against the American journalist Evan Gershkovich stated that he collected information about the Uralvagonzavod weapons factory on behalf of the American secret service CIA. The US Embassy in Moscow has repeatedly called for Gershkovic's immediate release
Since the start of the Israeli military offensive in Gaza on October 7 last year, 158 Palestinian journalists have been killed
Stating that 74 journalist associations operate in Serbia and there are 2.000 registered media, Ristić said that it is important to identify difficulties so that they can be eliminated and to foster dialogue. However, despite the statistics and assurances of the relevant minister, insults, intimidation, threats and even physical attacks on journalists in Serbia continue and do not stop.
Serbia must not extradite journalist Andrej Gnjot to Belarus, where he could be accused of participating in an extremist group, which carries a sentence of up to ten years in prison, is the position of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and all Serbian journalist associations and organizations
"We came here today to support all journalists in Serbia who are under some kind of attack," TV Nova news director Slobodan Georgiev said at the support rally, adding that every line of behavior had been crossed.
A peaceful protest was held due to the order for the editorial office of Jedinstva from Kosovska Mitrovica to leave the premises it has been using for more than 20 years and which belonged to the company "Lux"
Matić stated that the acquittal in the case of the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija, after 25 years, acted on the media community "like killing again".
Matić emphasized the importance of solidarity among journalists in the work of uncovering information about the murders of media workers
The ANEM report mentions cases of attacks on journalists and threats received by the media
What is happening in Novi Sad and the threats to which numerous journalists are exposed are particularly problematic, said the head of the OSCE mission in Serbia, Jan Bratu.
Death threats, physical attacks and unsolved murders represent a gloomy environment in which journalists work in Serbia
In its annual report, the Committee to Protect Journalists indicated that the number of journalists killed in the world during 2023 increased by 44 percent compared to the previous year.
Among the detained journalists is a reporter from the French agency AFP. They followed the protest of women whose husbands are on the battlefields and who have been asking President Putin to bring them home for weeks.
The messages of this verdict are clear, those who threaten security and kill journalists can still count on the fact that there is almost no chance of being convicted, says Veran Matić.
The Court of Appeal in Belgrade announced on Friday the verdict passed almost ten months ago, acquitting those accused of murdering journalist Slavko Ćuruvija.
In 2014, Sergej Khadzhikurbanov was sentenced to 20 years in prison for complicity in the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, who worked for the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta
The statutes and rules of procedure governing the work of all 65 dissolved assemblies provide for the holding of sessions open to the public and the media. According to the data available to TS, out of 65 municipalities and cities, in 46 council sessions were open to the public, i.e. the media, in 10 they were not, and for nine there is no data
The goal of the campaign is to raise awareness of the problem of impunity for attacks on journalists, which is present in all countries of the Western Balkans, and to encourage journalists to report all types of attacks related to their work.
As announced by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), among the killed journalists are 10 Palestinians, one Israeli and one Lebanese journalist, while at least two journalists are missing.
Lebanese journalist Issam Abdallah (37) was killed and six of his colleagues were wounded on Friday while reporting near the village of Alma el-Shab in the south of Lebanon, on the border with Israel. The projectile came from the Israeli side
A member of the Association of Prosecutors of Serbia, Predrag Milovanović, says that the video clips, the author of which is unknown, are obviously well thought out so that their content does not enter the criminal zone
On the eve of the session of the National Assembly of the RS, where the criminalization of defamation is on the agenda, journalists from Republika Srpska, with the support of opposition parties and citizens, called on the deputies with a protest march not to vote for the criminalization of defamation
The judgment of the High Court in Belgrade, when Krik was convicted for a text in which he named all those who filed a lawsuit against the editorial office, was judged to be particularly alarming.
Journalist Milan Pantić was killed on June 11, 2001, when he was returning from the store. Even after 22 years, the murder of the correspondent of Večernje novosti has not received a judicial epilogue
The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia re-elected Željko Bodrožić as president, and published a proclamation calling for a new Council of REM
Dragojlo Blagojević is the author of the text about serious malpractice in the public company Srbijašume, headed by Igor Braunović, MP, high-ranking official of the Socialist Party of Serbia, and son-in-law of Ivica Dačić. Braunović threatened Blagojević with death. The MUP tried to hide the key evidence of this
