Country | CRO |
Name and Surname | Novosti |
Gender | Group Novosti journalists/newsroom |
Date | 12/09/2017 |
City / Location | Zagreb |
Type of incident | Threats against media outlets and organizations |
By whom | By public persons |
Name of the perpetrator | Dražen Keleminec and members of A-HSP party |
Type of media | print online |
Media name | Novosti |
Source | Novosti |
Was journalist`s association informed | Yes |
What was journalists' association reaction | CJA condemed the attack in announcement, which was sent to media, national and international stakeholders |
Members of A-HSP party recently torched some copies of Novosti in front of its publisher’s headquarter repeating that Novosti had been spreading hate and inspired fire along Croatian coast. Members of that same party, led by its president Dražen Keleminec, torched again some copies of Novosti Magazine blaming it for spreading hate and asking for termination of financial support to the Magazine through the State Budget. Both incident were followed by many threats against Novosti journalists, expressed directly or at social networks.