Threats against the lives and physical safety of journalists, Željko Veljković, Belgrade, 16.01.2024.

Translations: Beograd 

• Case info

• Personal info

• Regional center

  RS
• Gender

  Male
• Victim(s) name

  Željko Veljković

• Media outlet

• Name of the media outlet

  Nova S
• Type of media platform

  Radio
  
• Source of information about the incident

  Nova S, Twitter

• Incident Data

• Date of incident

  16.01.2024
• City

  Beograd
• Perpetrator(s)

  Not known
• 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

Nova S journalist Željko Veljković was targeted, insulted and harassed especially on the X social network, but the reason was a comment he posted on this social network in connection with the hosting of a girl who sang to a dog at a basketball game.

Together with TV N1 journalist Vanja Đurić, Veljković has been targeted dozens of times, for example in a tweet where a picture of Vanja and Željko was posted claiming that the two of them insulted a minor girl (although neither Vanja nor Željko mentioned the girl’s name in their comments.

The most serious threats were made on Instagram, when Veljković was written in a direct message: “What if I fuck your dead family, I’ll kill you if I fuck your Ustasha mother”.