Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, newsroom of Mašine, Belgrade, 20.10.2025.

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Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, newsroom of Mašine, Belgrade, 20.10.2025.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Group
  • Group members' names and surnames
    Newsroom of portal Mašina

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Mašina
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Marko Miletić

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    20.10.2025
  • City
    Beograd
  • Were authorities informed?
    Case was reported to the Prosecutor’s Office
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Chat applications
  • Type of incident
    Threats against the lives and physical safety of journalists
  • Type of threat
    Explicit - to journalist(s)

  • Action by the authorities

  • Legal status of the case
    The procedure is in the phase of gathering information about all the circumstances of the case
  • Type of violation
    Security threat

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    Yes
  • What was the reaction of the journalists' association?
    The association reacted publicly
    The association informed international organizations and institutions
    The association provided legal support

The editorial team of the Mašina portal also received threats via a message on the social network Instagram. The person behind the account Dusko Leskovac, in addition to insults, threatened the journalists with murder: “You anti-Serb scum, the day will come when you will be liquidated.”