Verbal threat, Olivera Kovacevic, Belgrade, 21.04.2018.

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    Country SR
    Name and Surname Olivera Kovacevic
    Gender Female
    Date 21/04/2018
    City / Location Belgrade
    Type of incident Other threats to journalists
    By whom By public officials
    Type of media Radio and television
    Media name Radio Television of Serbia
    Public prosecutor The prosecutor's office established that there are no grounds for criminal prosecution as for criminal offences prosecuted ex officio.
    Was journalist`s association informed Yes
    What was journalists' association reaction IJAS publicly condemned the threats sent to the journalist and called on the prosecutor's office to react to these threats.
    Were authorities informed? Case was reported to the Prosecutor’s Office

    Vojislav Seselj, the leader of the Serbian Radical Party and a member of the Serbian Parliament, in the tabloid Informer challenged Kovacevic’s right to talk about violence against women, he insults her and then added: “She allows herself something that nobody else would ever do. She will bear responsibility, eventually. I will punish her, personally …“