Threats against journalist Korab Rexhepi, Prishtinë, 12.02.2024

Translations: Pristina 

• Case info

• Personal info

• Regional center

  Pristina
• Gender

  Male
• Victim(s) name

  Korab Rexhepi

• Media outlet

• Name of the media outlet

  DTV
• Type of media platform

  Radio
  
• Source of information about the incident

  Email

• Incident Data

• Date of incident

  12.02.2024
• City

  Prishtine
• 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

Korab Rexhepi, a DTV journalist, received several threatening messages from a guy with the initials M.B.

Rexhepi told the Association of Journalists of Kosovo that these threats were made after M.B.’s direct phone contact was cut short due to some banal expressions he made on the journalist’s show.

One of M.B.’s threatening messages states that the journalist “will disappear with his whole family.”

The Association of Journalists of Kosovo considers these threats to be unacceptable and calls upon Kosovo Police to take appropriate action to ensure that M.B. is held accountable by the relevant authorities.

Furthermore, we call upon our colleagues to report any threats or attacks they may encounter to both the AJK and the Kosovo Police.