Country | SR |
Name and Surname | Dragan Janjic |
Gender | Male |
Date | 10/02/2019 |
City / Location | Belgrade |
Type of incident | Threats against the lives and limbs of journalists |
Media name | Beta News Agency |
Source | IJAS |
Was journalist`s association informed | Yes |
What was journalists' association reaction | IJAS reported the case to the prosecution and held a press conference because of threats and pressures on journalists. |
Were authorities informed? | Case was reported to the Prosecutor’s Office |
Dragan Janjić, the editor-in-chief of Beta News Agency, received numerous threats and insults through the Facebook page of “Srbija Naša zemlja”, after publishing post on that page with the following content: “Dragan Janjić, the editor of Beta News Agency, for days on his Twitter account, publishes images of gallows, guillotine and justifies calls for violence. Dragane, would you support the guillotines and gallows in front of Beta, your home door? That is the better Serbia, Dragan? “