| Country | SR |
| Name and Surname | Journalists from Tv N1 |
| Gender | Group |
| Date | 04/02/2019 |
| City / Location | Belgrade |
| Type of incident | Threats against media outlets and organizations |
| Type of media | Radio and television |
| Media name | Tv N1 |
| Source | Tv N1 |
| Article and legislation violated (nationally) | Endangerment of Safety, article 138, paragraph 3 of Criminal Code. |
| Public prosecutor | Police arrested a man, 70, from Serbia's northern town of Nova Pazova, suspected of sending a letter with threats to N1 Belgrade reporters and their families. |
| Legal closure | Perpatrator is convicted |
| Legal closure decision | A plea bargain was made with the perpetrator, who was sentenced to 8 months of imprisonment and security measures of compulsory psychiatric treatment and confinement in a medical institution. |
| Was journalist`s association informed | Yes |
| What was journalists' association reaction | IJAS and IJAV demanded from investigative and judicial authorities to urgently take the most serious investigation and measures against the author of the death threat to journalists. The Regional Platform reacted. |
| Were authorities informed? | Case was reported to the police |
N1 journalists received a threatening letter, because of the reporting from the protest in Belgrade.
“Do you have families.. you’re killing our children and grandchildren, and are unaware that if the destruction happens, your building will be the first to be blown up, and you may lose your dearest. That’s why we, the veterans, warn you not to play with anyone’s destiny because your fate is in our hands,” said the letter to N1.
Someone signed it as „Belgrade Veterans of 1999 war, “but the president of the association Zeljko Vukelic said it had nothing to do with that, adding the police should investigate the threats.
“I have no idea about it. It may be planted. What I can say is that I watch N1 since it is the most impartial TV in this biased media space,“ Vukelic said.
