Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Magločistač, Subotica, 12.10.2025.

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Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Magločistač, Subotica, 12.10.2025.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Group
  • Group members' names and surnames
    Newsroom of the portal Magločistač

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Magločistač
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    ANEM

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    12.10.2025
  • City
    Subotica
  • Were authorities informed?
    Case was reported to the Prosecutor’s Office
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    E-mail
  • Type of incident
    Threats against the lives and physical safety of journalists
  • Type of threat
    Implicit - 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
  • What was the reaction of the journalists' association?
    The association reacted publicly
    The association informed international organizations and institutions

A threatening message arrived at the editorial email of the Magločistač portal, containing the following:

“You should NOT BE KILLED as one member of the Progressive Party wrote a few months ago, but you at the Magločistač editorial office should be thrown out on the street and banned from doing any reporting. I will identify each one of you working in the editorial office and all of you. You have my information, I’m not a coward like you to hide behind fake profiles and silly ‘ethics’.”