Other threats to journalists, Ana Popovic, Podgorica, 21.01.2022.

TUMM •︎ 01/02/2022

Other threats to journalists, Ana Popovic, Podgorica, 21.01.2022.

Translations: Podgorica 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Podgorica
  • Gender
    Female
  • Victim(s) name
    Ana Popović

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    TVCG
  • Type of media platform
    Radio
  • Source of information about the incident
    http://www.rtcg.me/

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    21.01.2022
  • City
    Podgorica
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Type of incident
    Other threats to journalists

  • Action by the authorities

  • Public prosecutor's action
    The Basic Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica come out that the case is classified as a criminal offense that is prosecuted ex officio.
  • Court action
    U Osnovnom tužilaštvu u Podgorici ističu da je slučaj klasifikovan kao krivično djelo koje se goni po službenoj dužnosti.

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

When reporting from the protest that was held on January 21, 2022 in Podgorica, journalist of TVCG, Ana Popovic, received threatening messages on her Instagram profile. The RTCG portal states that the journalist submitted a report to the police on January 25, but also that on January 27 she received a blackmail from the same profile asking her to give 5,000.00 euros or her journalistic freedom. The Basic State Prosecutor’s Office in Podgorica has formed a case that has been qualified as a criminal offense for which it is prosecuted ex officio. The Basic State Prosecutor’s Office stated that they are in the process of clarifying this case.

V. R. was remanded in custody for 3 months.

The trial began in April before the Basic Court in Nikšić, and V.R. was sentenced in the first instance to three months in prison in the same month.

The decision is final.