"During the local elections, there were several incidents of harassment and physical attacks against journalists, despite being clearly labeled as media representatives," the European Federation of Journalists and the SafeJournalists network said.
European Federation journalists (EFJ) and the Safejournalists (SJ) network condemned the violence against journalists for the time being local elections on Sunday in Serbia and called on the authorities to immediately identify and arrest those responsible for those attacks.
"During the local elections, several disturbances and physical attacks against journalists were recorded, despite the fact that they were clearly marked as media representatives," EFJ and SJ stated in a joint statement.
Among the journalists who were brutally attacked were the journalist of the Zoomer portal Darko Gligorijeviฤ, as well as the journalists of the Maลกina, Blokada Info and Politiฤki Globus newsrooms. Of Serbia.
The Insider's vehicle was also the target of an attack โ its tires were punctured, while freelance journalist Ivana Marseniฤ's camera was stolen, EFJ and SJ recalled.
The level of violence, as they pointed out, escalated in ล arbanovac near Bor, when Ivan Bjelic from Revolt magazine and Lazar Diniฤ, who were recently exposed to death threats, were brutally beaten.
The recorded attacks followed a two-day mission in Serbia on which the EFJ collaborated with partners from the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and the Council of Europe's Platform for Improving the Protection of Journalism. The European Federation of Journalists points out that it is deeply shocked by the numerous videos circulating social networks, which show policemen armed with baseball bats and metal bars protecting buildings and vehicles containing the attackers.
The SJ and EFJ network again called on state officials, including the President of the Serbian Parliament, Ana Brnabiฤ, to condemn all attacks on journalists and ensure that the police protect them on the ground, and that the investigations of the attacks are carried out at the highest possible legal level so that those responsible are prosecuted.
The Safejournalists network consists of the Croatian Journalists' Association, the Association of Journalists of Kosovo, the Association of Macedonian Journalists, the Association of BiH Journalists, the Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia and the Media Union of Montenegro.
Source: FoNet
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