Attacks on journalists, Lidija Georgije i Ivan Stambolic, Nis, 07.07.2020.

Translations: Beograd 

• Case info

• Personal info

• Regional center

  RS
• Who was attacked?

  Group
• Group members' names and surnames

  Lidija Georgije i Ivan Stambolić

• Media outlet

• Name of the media outlet

  RTS
• Type of media platform

  Radio
  
• Source of information about the incident

  Tviter, RTS

• Incident Data

• Date of incident

  07.07.2020
• City

  Niš
• Perpetrator(s)

  Not known
• Attacked by

  (ordinary) citizens
  
• Type of incident

  Actual attacks on journalists

• Action by the authorities

• Action taken by the journalists' association

• Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?

  Yes

NIS, July 7, 2020 – RTS correspondents from Nis, Lidija Georgije and Ivan Stambolic, were insulted and threatened on several occasions, and the cameraman was hit in the head with a bottle or can and the camera was doused with water.

Fortunately, there was no serious physical contact between the demonstrators and the journalists, other fellow journalists (especially the journalists of Nis-based Juzne vesti) helped in that, and they calmed down the situation several times and removed the endangered journalists. The incident occurred when the protesters were moving from the headquarters of the SNS City Board towards the Clinical Center Nis, and then returned to the city center when they prevented the RTS team from joining the program.