Translations: Podgorica
Case info
Personal info
- Regional centerPodgorica
- Who was attacked?Journalist
- GenderWoman
- Victim(s) nameDanica Nikolić
Media outlet
- Name of the media outletM portal
- Type of media platformOnline Media
- Source of information about the incidentM portal
Incident Data
- Date of incident11.09.2022
- CityPodgorica
- Were authorities informed?Case was reported to the police
Case was initiated ex officio by the Authorities - Perpetrator(s)Not known
- Attacked by(ordinary) citizens
- Type of incidentThreats against the lives and physical safety of journalists
- Type of threatExplicit - to journalist(s)
Action by the authorities
- Court actionU toku pred Osnovnim sudom u Podgorici.
Action taken by the journalists' association
- Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?Yes
The editor of the M portal, Danica Nikolic, reported on September 11 to the Podgorica Security Center that she received death threats sent to her official email address. In this case, the basic state prosecution instituted a case. As stated on the M portal, she received three emails with threatening content, in which, among other things, it is stated that she will be “hanged for example”. Threatening emails arrived from the address [email protected].
In her statement, Nikolić stated that the reason for these threats was exclusively her professional journalistic work on the M portal.
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