Former member of the State Security Miroslav Kurak allegedly drove the car that took part in the traffic accident in Karaburma, in which one person was killed and several others were injured.
When government ignores the consequences of its decisions, it not only ignores current victims, but also creates a culture in which any future disaster becomes legitimate.
People initially convicted and then acquitted for the murder of journalist Slavko Ćuruvija are suing the foundation founded by the deceased journalist's children for injury to reputation and honor.
The Supreme Court of Serbia found, among other things, that the judges in the trial for the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija violated the law in favor of the defendants by factually misrepresenting decisive facts in the verdict
Former employees of the State Security, Ratko Romić and Milan Radonjić, after two convictions, were legally acquitted in February for the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija. Now they are writing lawsuits to several addresses and asking for compensation for damage to their honor and reputation
On this day 25 years ago, journalist, editor and owner of the newspapers "Dnevni telegraf" and "Evropljanin" Slavko Ćuruvija was killed in the haustor of the building where he lived. The killers fired 17 bullets at him from behind. In February of this year, the Court of Appeal in Belgrade acquitted four former employees of the State Security from charges of participation in the murder.
The judgment was handed down on April 19, 2023, and published on February 2, 2024. Several judges consider this to be an unusually long period of time.
"It is a very clear message from the authorities that anyone who dares to kill a journalist can go unpunished," said the representative of the New York Committee to Protect Journalists, Gulnoze Said.
Today, the higher public prosecutor's office requested files related to the case of the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija. The Association of Judges of Serbia says that they were only following the evidence presented to them by the police
Why do political groups come and go, but Udba/State Security/BIA remain? Why have the courts never found the perpetrators of political murders? Where are the civilian members of the DB, and where are the Legion and its henchmen? And what else did the acquittal for the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija show?
Because of the acquittal of the accused for the murder of journalist Slavko Ćuruvija, several journalist and media associations have scheduled a protest in front of the Court of Appeal in Belgrade in Nemanja Street for Monday at 14 p.m. Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation, NUNS, NDNV, Media Association, AOM, Local Press, KUM Nezavisnost, ANEM, and UNS invited to the potest
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.
Is there ongoing media preparation of the public for the final pre-judgement, which has been waiting for 24 years? Veran Matić, the president of the Commission for Investigating Murders of Journalists, states that he received a certificate of acquittal from a state secretary.
Marković, Radonjić and Romić stated that they are not guilty and that there was no evidence that they participated in the murder of Ćuruvija, nor who committed the crime and why. They claim that some media and non-institutional centers financed from abroad were involved in the opening of the court proceedings
On Monday, December 5, the Court of Appeal in Belgrade will open a five-day session in which it will decide on appeals against the second verdict of the Special Department of the High Court for Organized Crime, by which the four defendants were sentenced to several years in prison for the murder of journalist Slavko Ćuruvija, just like the first time. The verdict will be delivered by the end of the week
"'Informer's' inciting announcements against journalists and the media are often much more dangerous than most threats that reach the media, because through a large circulation of newspapers with a low selling price and through portals, with direct influence on representatives of the system at all levels, they provide a platform for continuing systemic attacks, serving as a kind of marker"
On Monday, it will be 23 years since Slavko Ćuruvija was killed. The marathon court process is still not over. This attitude towards the murder of the journalist supports the suspicion that the political elite of the time was involved in the whole case
Four members of the DB were convicted for the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija. Branka Prpa, who was a witness to the murder, says that at no point in the investigations or in the lawsuits was there any mention of the client and that is why the entire court process is a farce.
In theory, the fight against corruption is often compared to the fight against malaria. To beat malaria, you have to drain the swamp. There will still be mosquitoes, but there will be no disease. I would like Aleksandar Vučić to read this when he is not Boris Tadić
