Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Kristina Demeter Filipčev, Bečej, 19.07.2026.

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Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Kristina Demeter Filipčev, Bečej, 19.07.2026.

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  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Woman
  • Victim(s) name
    Kristina Demeter Filipčev
  • Gender-based incident
    1
  • Type of gender-based incident
    Threats of sexual violence

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Bečejski mozaik
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Kristina Demeter Filipčev

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    19.07.2026
  • City
    Bečej
  • Were authorities informed?
    Case was reported to the police
    Case was reported to the Prosecutor’s Office
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
    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

The editors of Bečejski mozaik and journalist Kristina Demeter Filipčev were once again the target of online threats after the publication of a video from the meeting of the Serbian Progressive Party in Bački Gradište, which was held on July 19.

On the Bečejski mozaik Facebook page, the user of the account named Dušan Vračarić first accused the editorial office of “threatening to kill”, and then sent threats with messages: “Be careful not to reciprocate your bullshit. Your underpants will save you” and “If you go to our polling stations, you won’t have a good time.”

The editor of Bečejski Mozaik felt very threatened by these messages, which is why she immediately reported the case to the police.

The threats were reported to the local police station, which forwarded the threat to the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office for VTK.