Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Dinko Gruhonjić, Novi Sad, 16.02.2025. Case 5

IJAS •︎ 16/02/2025

Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Dinko Gruhonjić, Novi Sad, 16.02.2025. Case 5

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

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

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Autonomija i NDNV
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
    Other
  • Source of information about the incident
    Dinko Gruhonjić, objava na internetu

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    16.02.2025
  • City
    Novi Sad
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    Organized groups
    Bots
  • 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?
    No
  • What was the reaction of the journalists' association?
    The association reacted publicly

Journalist and professor Dinko Gruhonjić received serious insults, hate speech and threats on the social network Facebook by a person from the account of Nenad Paunović.

Among other things, the following was written in the direct message:

“Eat the seed and fuck your tribe, I’ll fuck you Ustase… I’ll fuck you all the Ustase bastards, from breeding to under the shrouds in white coffins… I’ll fuck you all…”  including and other threats and hate speech that have been recorded.

The threats that were sent are most likely part of an organized campaign against Dinko Gruhonjić.