Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Sanja Ignjatović Eker, threat 2, Novi Sad, 14.08.2025.

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Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Sanja Ignjatović Eker, threat 2, Novi Sad, 14.08.2025.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Woman
  • Victim(s) name
    Sanja Ignjatović Eker

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    TV Nova S
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Miloš Stojković

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    14.08.2025
  • City
    Beograd
  • Were authorities informed?
    Case was reported to the Prosecutor’s Office
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    Organized groups
    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 provided legal support

After reporting from the protest in Novi Sad, Sanja Ignjatović Eker, correspondent of TV Nova from Novi Sad, received several heinous threats.

The reporter was threatened on social networks, after TV Informer launched a campaign regarding her reporting.One of the messages even threatens to kill the child.

The second threat read as follows:

“What kind of mentally ill prostitute are you among the Serbian people, a whore, a nit, Satan’s child, you are a blind traitor, you are working against your country for a handful of coins, mother, you bastard fuck, Ustaša bastard, Šiptarsko Ustaško”

The threat or hate speech was sent by a person from the account sveto_pil Sveto Pil on the Instagram social network.

Both threats were reported to the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office for high-tech crime in agreement with NUNS.