Threats against the lives and physical safety of journalists, Gorica Nikolin, Novi Sad, 01.02.2023.

Translations: Beograd 

• Case info

• Personal info

• Regional center

  RS
• Gender

  Female
• Victim(s) name

  Gorica Nikolin

• Media outlet

• Name of the media outlet

  Radop 021
• Type of media platform

  Radio
  Online Media
  
• Source of information about the incident

  Radio 021

• Incident Data

• Date of incident

  01.02.2023
• City

  Novi Sad
• Perpetrator(s)

  Known (suspected)
• Attacked by

  (ordinary) citizens
  
• Type of incident

  life_threat

• Action by the authorities

• Action taken by the journalists' association

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

  Yes

Insults and threats were sent to journalist Gorica Nikolin’s Instagram account, and because of her recently published text about the studios at the Petrovaradin Fortress, which are mostly used illegally. The messages were sent from the Instagram account kjuo958, and the direct reason was the journalist’s writing because the message itself contains a link to the text mentioned above.

The journalist was told from that profile that he “knows her from class”, along with a vulgar threat that he will “piss on her” and a number of other insults, and a video call was also attempted from the same account.

The case was immediately reported, the police and the prosecutor’s office reacted quickly. However, the suspect for the threats himself soon appeared at the police and admitted that he had sent those threats.

According to the latest official information from the prosecution, the proceedings are still ongoing.