Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, TV N1 Newsroom, Belgrade, 08.07.2026.

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Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, TV N1 Newsroom, Belgrade, 08.07.2026.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Group
  • Group members' names and surnames
    Redakcija TV N1

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    TVN1
  • Type of media platform
    Television
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    TV N1

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    08.07.2026
  • City
    Beograd
  • Were authorities informed?
    Case was reported to the Prosecutor’s Office
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    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

New threats were sent to the editorial office of N1 in comments on the news published on the n1info.rs portal under the title “Amendments to the resolution on Serbia – on the sound cannon, cooperation with the Communist Party of China, termination of funds”.

Along with numerous insults and labeling the N1 journalist as “Ustasha”, the person signed by the pseudonym “Srbin” said, among other things, that the N1 journalists “should be burned in the middle of the street” and “we should roast you on a spit”.

The comment states: “N1 monkeys Lazy people should really set fire to everything in order, call for you to burn in the middle of the street Ustasa whores bastards (…) your skull should be burned and we will roast you (…) you will see Ustashas, ​​will you be in Serbia and report (…) let’s evict you Ustashas forever death to liars Ustase fraudsters fascists that is N1”.

The threats were immediately reported to the competent public prosecution for VTK.