Threats against the lives and physical safety of journalists, Ilir Mirena, Prishtina, 18.12.2024

Translations: Pristina 

• Case info

• Personal info

• Regional center

  Pristina
• Who was attacked?

  Journalist
• Gender

  Male
• Victim(s) name

  Ilir Mirena

• Media outlet

• Name of the media outlet

  Periskopi
• Type of media platform

  Online Media
  
• Source of information about the incident

  Facebook

• Incident Data

• Date of incident

  18.12.2024
• City

  Prishtina
• Perpetrator(s)

  Known (suspected)
• Attacked by

  (ordinary) citizens
  
• Means of incidents and attacks

  Posts or comments on social networks
  
• Type of incident

  life_threat

• Action by the authorities

• Action taken by the journalists' association

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

  Unknown
• What was the reaction of the journalists' association?

  The association reacted publicly
  

The Association of Journalists of Kosovo is alarmed by the death threat received today by the journalist and head of the online media outlet “Periskopi”, Ilir Mirena.

Mirena has posted a comment on Facebook in which a person wrote: “He should get a bullet, he deserves it.”

AJK is deeply concerned with the life-threatening nature of the message, and invites the Kosovo Police to urgently investigate the case.

This threat is a continuation of other similar threats against journalists and activists in recent times.

AJK again invites the Government of Kosovo and the party in power not to encourage, but to contribute to softening the aggravated public discourse against journalists and media in Kosovo.