Threats against the lives and physical safety of journalists, N1, Belgrade, 27.03.2024.

IJAS •︎ 27/03/2024

Threats against the lives and physical safety of journalists, N1, Belgrade, 27.03.2024.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Male

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    N1
  • Type of media platform
    Radio
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Igor Bozic

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    27.03.2024
  • City
    Belgrade
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Posts or comments on social networks
  • Type of incident
    life_threat

  • Action by the authorities

  • Legal status of the case
    The procedure is in the phase of gathering information about all the circumstances of the case
  • Type of violation
    Security threat

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    Yes
  • What was the reaction of the journalists' association?
    The association provided legal support

A threat was sent to the address of N1 editors office, on the Instagram social network, regarding the article about musician and public person Vlado Georgiev’s private investments in some business https://n1info.rs/biznis/sve-firme-vlade-georgieva-milionski-profit-i-milionske-blokade/

The unknown person wrote from the hidden account wrote, among other things, “… he’s right, you should be burned”. Although the threat was made conditionally, the message sent was accompanied by hate speech and was made very roughly.

After consultations with the legal team of the NUNS, in agreement with editors of N1, the journalist association submitted a criminal report to the Special Prosecutor’s Office for VTK, for further actions.

Tha case is in the phase of gathering information about all elements of the incident.