Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Kristina Demeter Filipčev, Bečej, 26.07.2025.

Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Kristina Demeter Filipčev, Bečej, 26.07.2025.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Woman
  • Victim(s) name
    Krisstina Demeter Filipčev
  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Bečejski mozaik
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Kristina Demeter Filipčev
  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    26.07.2025
  • City
    Bečej
  • Were authorities informed?
    Case was reported to the Prosecutor’s Office
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
    Bots
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Posts or comments on social networks
  • Type of incident
    Threats against the lives and physical safety of journalists
  • Type of threat
    Explicit - to journalist(s)
  • 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 reacted publicly
    The association sent a letter of concern to the institutions
    The association informed international organizations and institutions
    The association provided legal support

Editor and journalist od Becejski mozaik Kristina Demeter Filipčev received a direct threat after the announcement about the 16 minutes of silence meeting, which was sent on 7/26/2025. The person who presents himself on the Facebook social network as Peđa Teomirović first sent a derogatory comment that represents hate speech, and in the next comment he wrote a direct threat:

“Fuck you, you traitorous mother, we’ll cut your hear like a Svapska whore in 1945!”

The threats were reported to the Special Public Prosecution Office for High-Tech Crime.