Country | KO |
Name and Surname | Arbana Xharra |
Gender | Female |
Date | 10/04/2017 |
City / Location | Pristina |
Type of incident | Other threats to journalists |
By whom | To journalists by citizens |
Type of media | |
Media name | Zeri |
Source | Journalist. |
Was journalist`s association informed | Yes |
What was journalists' association reaction | AJK condemned the incident in which our colleague Arbana Xharra was felt threatened after unknown persons have drawn symbols of cross at entrance of her apartment door. AJK asks from security institutions, respectively from Kosovo police, to investigate this case. AJK will follow closely this case asking for quick and efficient investigations. |
Were authorities informed? | Yes - Police |
Arbana Xharra, editor-in-chief of Zeri newspaper reported to police about two crosses drawn on the entrance of her apartment and another one at her garage. This threat supposedly is related to her work in which she reports about Islamic radicalization and extremism. Xharra receives many sporadic death threats through social media related to her work.