Threats against the lives and physical safety of journalists, Slobodna reč, Vranje, 08.07.2026.

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Threats against the lives and physical safety of journalists, Slobodna reč, Vranje, 08.07.2026.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Group
  • Group members' names and surnames
    Slobodna reč
  • Number of women in group
    4
  • Number of men in group
    2

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Slobodna reč
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Sanja Petrov

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    08.07.2026
  • City
    Vranje
  • Were authorities informed?
    Case was reported to the Prosecutor’s Office
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    Organized groups
    Bots
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Posts or comments on social networks
  • 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 provided legal support

Threats were made to the portal Slobodna reč from Vranje.

The threats were sent on July 8, 2026 through the Facebook social network on the portal’s page, in a comment on the portal’s published news.The following is written in the comment:

“Listen, you who are writing this and those who want to be gay, don’t try to fool those stupid scumbags, you will get a beating, I promise you. Nobody forbids you to go and get hotels for the corn to sit here, it’s hard for you, the police must be on the side of the host’s houses and families, otherwise they will get their own.”

Given that the portal perceived this as a serious threat, a report was submitted to the competent public prosecutor’s office for VTK.