A day after the protestors broke into Informer TV, NUNS and partners are asking REM to revoke the license of that TV. The initiative, they say, is not based on a previous incident, but on a long-standing violation of the law.
NUNS demands an urgent investigation due to the threats sent to two Radar journalists who wrote about the Sky correspondence in which Aleksandar Vučić is mentioned. The association states that the threats also mention violence against children of journalists and warns of impunity
The trend of serious threats and intimidation of journalists continued, according to NUNS. 24 incidents were recorded in September
"In the reports on the death of Ratko Mladić, it is not enough to state only that he was a general and commander of the Army of the Republika Srpska. Responsible and professional journalism also implies stating the final verdict, judicially established facts, committed crimes and victims," NUNS points out.
NUNS demands that the employees of Adria News Network and the public be provided without delay with clear, written and verifiable guarantees about the protection of the labor and professional rights of journalists and other media workers, the preservation of jobs and the editorial independence of all newsrooms
"We see a pub atmosphere in certain media and no one gives an official opinion about it or takes any measures," says Mileva Malešić, executive director of the Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia.
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At the competition for co-financing of media projects, 10,65 million dinars were distributed, while local critical media were left without support, the funds ended up with tabloids and media outside the city.
On Wednesday, April 1, at 10:30 a.m., a protest will be held at the Presidency building in Belgrade due to the attack on journalists during the local elections on March 29. The organizers call on citizens and the media to show solidarity and protect freedom of information
The Code of Journalists of Serbia received a new point due to the appearance of identical or almost identical texts that appear in a short period of time on several portals, and which are aimed at individuals who criticize the government and have no interlocutors, sources and are not signed
"Although it is indisputable that violating the code of ethics, the law and uttering insults and slanders are in complete contradiction to the profession and public responsibility of journalists, we believe that the ban on performing journalistic work is a dangerous practice, with serious and long-term consequences for freedom of expression and the media," stated NUNS
All the activities of the NUNS in the issue of providing protective equipment to journalists are related to the actions of the police in the previous months and to what the state authorities announce and predict themselves, NUNS lawyer and researcher Rade Đurić tells "Vreme"
The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia announced that 46 incidents against media workers were recorded in August, the most since the beginning of the year. Police attacks during protests are particularly worrying
During the protest in front of the Novi Sad court, the police beat journalists, while at the same time death threats to journalists and newsrooms continue, NUNS warned.
A day after the publication of Koraksić's caricature of President Vučić, the editorial office of the newspaper "Danas" received a bomb threat, while photojournalist Marko Dragoslavić was physically attacked while working in the field
The Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) should play a key role in the control of electronic media. The president of NUNS, Željko Bodrožić, says, however, that during the election of members of the SNS Council, he implements complete lawlessness because he wants to secure a majority at any cost.
On World Media Freedom Day, the Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia presented awards to journalists who do not agree to remain silent. For the 20th time, the "Dejan Anastasijević" award recognized those who, with their research work, open up topics that the government tries to close
An appeal to domestic and international institutions to react urgently, because the citizens of Serbia no longer have access to unbiased information
To the comment of Aleksandar Vučić, that the RTS journalist from Nis is an "imbecile", journalistic associations and students reacted, while the public service - only read their announcements
Journalists are restricted in their freedom of movement inside the City of Novi Sad Assembly and were told that they cannot leave the hall until the press conference of the President of the Novi Sad Assembly, Dina Vučinić, is over.
The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia believes that the verdict against "Vremen" represents serious pressure on journalists and the media and pushes them into self-censorship, according to the NUNS announcement.
The Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) and the Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) condemned the attack on the property of N1 television journalist Lee Apro, whose mobile phone was ripped from her hand by a student of the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad while she was reporting from the blockade of the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad.
Attacks on the editor of the Regional Information Agency Jugpress Ljiljana Stojanović by the tabloids, because of the questions she asked the Minister Milica Đurđević Stamenkovski at the press conference in Leskovac, have been going on for three days. The journalist is accused of attacking the minister, pointing out that "she cannot refer to the increase in the birth rate, because she gave birth to children herself later".
Many pressures on independent media, especially on the local media, remain unrecorded because journalists do not see that competent institutions adequately punish perpetrators of acts to the detriment of journalists, NUNS points out.
We witness the same attacks on the media under similar charges, without prosecuting the perpetrators, and we fear that they may be repeated, announced the Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia, which reminds that the attack on the media did not happen only in Serbia in 1999.
Insults, intimidation, threats, and even physical attacks on journalists in Serbia do not stop. They are the target of attacks because of reporting, expressing opinions and attitudes, but sometimes also just because they are journalists
"We try to fill out some forms on paper, in practice journalists do not feel safer, independent media have worse conditions for survival and the pluralism of media content is more threatened than before," NUNS General Secretary Tamara FIlipović told "Vreme"
