Photo: Tanjug / Sava RadovanovićThe European CASE coalition (Coalition against SLAPPs in Europe), which fights against so-called SLAPP lawsuits, launched this year a "competition" for SLAPP politician and SLAPP country of the year, i.e. for those who have the most lawsuits against the media, and Dijana Hrkalović is among the nominees. , former high-ranking official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia.
As stated on the X social network, Dijana Hrkalović, who is suspected of cooperation with organized criminal groups, filed 11 lawsuits against journalists and editors. of KRIK.
Dijana Hrkalović is among 77 people who are suspected of being part of a criminal group that committed four murders, according to the prosecution's document, which was created during the investigation of the "witch doctor" clan. However, to date she has not been charged with the crimes described in that document or for collaborating with criminals, KRIK writes
Apart from her, among the candidates are Italian Prime Minister Đorđa Meloni, as well as Georgian Minister for Internally Displaced Persons Davit Patsatsia.
📢Introducing SLAPP Country of the Year nominees!#SLAPP litigants use their deep pockets & influence to abuse the law to bankrupt and harass activists, journos & anyone who dares to expose harm, corruption & injustice.
💥They shall not evade public scrutiny! pic.twitter.com/pLM0dEGKRU
— The CASE (@CASECoalition) January 18, 2024
When it comes to countries, Croatia, Malta and Poland were nominated.
The Croatian Journalists' Association, the CASE coalition stated, has registered 935 active lawsuits against journalists in that country.
They added that Malta is among the countries with the most lawsuits against journalists and recalled the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was also the victim of the most SLAPP lawsuits.
They stated that among the nominees is Poland, a country where politicians file multiple lawsuits against journalists over the same media contributions.
Among the nominated companies are GAZ Sistem, which sued activists in Poland because of an article criticizing the decision to build an LNG terminal, then the insurance company LEV INS in Bulgaria, which sued for half a million euros from the media because of an article about the insurer's debts, as well as the Austrian SPAR , who sued animal rights activists.
SLAPP lawsuits (translated from English means "slap") represent an abuse of rights and their goal is not to satisfy justice, but to "bury" the media and activists with lawsuits in order to exhaust them financially and time-wise and prevent them from doing their jobs.
"The goal of the prosecutors is not to refute something that was published and said, but to silence those who are critical in public. And freedom of speech and the right to information are the fundamental values of democracy," Branka Dragović Savić, representative of the Independent Association of Journalists of Vojvodina, explained earlier.
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