Threats against the lives and physical safety of jornalists, Vojin Radovanović, Belgrade, 27.11.2024.

IJAS •︎ 27/11/2024

Threats against the lives and physical safety of jornalists, Vojin Radovanović, Belgrade, 27.11.2024.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Male
  • Victim(s) name
    Vojin Radovanović

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Danas
  • Type of media platform
    Printed Media
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Vojin Radovanovic

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    27.11.2024
  • City
    Belgrade
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    By public official(s) and/or representative(s) of the executive power
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    In person
  • 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

In the Belgrade City Assembly on November 27, 2024, City Council member Slobodan Šolević physically and verbally attacked Danas journalist Vojin Radovanović, got in his face, cursed his mother and threatened to “break his p….”.

On that day, Radovanović was on a work assignment to report from the session of the Belgrade City Assembly. He noticed the entrance of the president of the Association of Families of Kidnapped, Missing and Murdered in Kosovo and Metohija, Simo Spasić, into the assembly building. With his phone, he started recording Spasić who was shouting into the megaphone, resisting the demands of security and refusing to leave the building.

While Radovanović was filming, councilor Šolević appeared in the frame, who then asked the journalist if Spasić needed a video and that’s why he was filming. Radovanović explained that the journalist is on assignment and doing his job

Šolević demanded that Radovanović delete the recording, and when the journalist did not do so, the member of the city council began to threaten him.

The physical attack was reported to the competent First Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade.

 

U Skupštini grada Beograda 27. novembra 2024. godine član Gradskog veća Slobodan Šolević nasrnuo je na novinara Danasa Vojina Radovanovića, unosio mu se u lice, psovao mu majku i pretio kako će mu „polomiti p…“.

Radovanović je tog dana bio na radnom zadatku kako bi izveštavao sa sednice Skupštine grada Beograda. Primetio je ulazak predsednika Udruženja porodica kidnapovanih, nestalih i ubijenih na Kosovu i Metohiji, Sima Spasića u zgradu skupštine. Svojim telefonom krenuo je da snima Spasića koji je vikao na megafon, opirao se zahtevima obezbeđenja i odbijao da napusti zgradu.

Dok je Radovanović snimao, u kadru se pojavio odbornik  Šolević, koji je zatim upitao novinara da li Spasiću treba snimak pa zato snima. Radovanović je objasnio da je novinar na zadatku i da radi svoj posaoc

Šolević je zahtevao od Radovanovića da snimak obriše, a kada novinar to nije uradio član gradskog veća je počeo da mu preti.

Fizički napad je prijavljen nadleznom Prvom osnovnom javnom tuzilaštvu u Beogradu.