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.
Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia condemned the new threats against journalists and female journalists, as well as the attack by the police during the citizens' protest in front of the building where the court and prosecutor's office are located in Novi Sad.
In the NUNS press release, it is recalled that during the police action this morning in front of the court in Novi Sad, N1 journalist Lea Apro and Razglas news portal journalist ลฝarko Bogosavljeviฤ were repeatedly hit with shields and hands despite their badges and journalist IDs.
ลฝarko Bogosavljeviฤ shouted: "Journalist! What are you doing? You must not hit a journalist!", and Lea Apro can be clearly heard on the recordings indicating that she is a journalist.
The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia once again calls on the Ministry of Internal Affairs to prevent the illegal behavior of the police towards journalists and enable them to work in the public interest without hindrance.
Such action by the police towards journalists is inadmissible and dangerous, because it directly threatens the freedom of the media and democracy, the statement emphasizes.
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In addition to police violence, daily threats to journalists continue, the press release points out.
In a comment on the website, a threatening message was sent to the editors of the Indian portal In Medija. The message states: "I am pumping the stench of your slaughtered children. A gang of rascals and hooligans. There will be a civil war and God willing I will have bloody hands." It is suspected that the same person issued a threat to the journalists of Subotica Fogloลกistaฤ in the previous days.
The journalist of the N1 television Mladen Savatoviฤ was also the target of threats on social networks yesterday. In the comments on the Facebook page of N1 Serbia, the user of the account "Zdravko Simic" wrote: "I will beat up this gay Savatoviฤ just to meet him somewhere."
In such an unacceptably incendiary atmosphere, the Prosecutor's Office for High-Tech Crime must urgently respond to the threats addressed to the editorial offices of In Media and N1, to identify the perpetrators and initiate proceedings against them.
Competent institutions must ensure quick and efficient procedures in all cases of attacks and threats against journalists and clearly demonstrate that violence against journalists will not be tolerated. Any attempt to intimidate journalists represents an attack on the public interest and the right of citizens to be informed, and tolerating such practices leads to the collapse of the rule of law.
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