Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Smiljana Milinkov, Novi Sad, 15.09.2025.

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Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Smiljana Milinkov, Novi Sad, 15.09.2025.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Woman
  • Victim(s) name
    Smiljana Milinkov

  • Media outlet

  • Type of media platform
    Other
  • Source of information about the incident
    Portal Autonomija

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    15.09.2025
  • City
    Novi Sad
  • Were authorities informed?
    Case was reported to the police
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
    Organized groups
    Bots
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    E-mail
  • 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

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    No

On September 15, journalist, professor and head of the Media Studies Department of the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad, Smiljana Milinkov, received death threats to the official email of the faculty where she works.

In the message, among other things, it was written, “a black hand has marked you”, which scared the professor and the journalist very much.

She reported the threat to the police who made an official note and was told that the report would be forwarded to the High Tech Crimes Prosecution.