The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) announced that according to the data of the Public Prosecutor's Office of the Republic, 34 cases related to journalists were filed by the end of May. A first-instance or final decision was made in nine cases.
The judgment of the High Court in Belgrade, when Krik was convicted for the text in which he named all those who filed a lawsuit against the editorial office, was considered to be particularly alarming.
In that volume text it is said that these are people who are close to the regime. Also, Krik reports that the total value of the proceedings against the editorial office is 90 million dinars.
The verdict that was handed down was first instance and was appealed by Creek. At the end of May, the judgment against Krik was canceled because of the text that mentioned the then director of the BIA, and the current minister of the interior, Bratislav Gašić. This is one lawsuit out of a total of 12 that have been addressed to this editorial office.
Furthermore, the case of OK Radio from Vranje is mentioned.
As a reminder, Dejan Nikolić Kantar was recently sentenced in this case to a sentence of one year and six months in prison due to threats made during the trial for previous threats made by the owner of OK Radio, as well as to an employee of this radio.
Also, from the month of May, the cases of the journalists of the Radio Television of Serbia and TV Prva, the journalist of the Pančevac weekly Milan Šupica, the editors of the newspaper Danas and TV Nova S and N1, the freelance journalist Nikola Krstić, the author of the podcast "Good, bad, evil" Marko Vidojković and Nenad were singled out. Kulačina.
The report also mentions the cases of the editor-in-chief of the Žig Info portal Željko Matorčević, as well as the editor-in-chief of the Niš initiative portal Srđan Nonić.
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