Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Danas, Belgrade, 15.10.2025.

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Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Danas, Belgrade, 15.10.2025.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

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

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Danas
  • Type of media platform
    Printed Media
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Danas

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    15.10.2025
  • City
    Beograd
  • Were authorities informed?
    Case was reported to the Prosecutor’s Office
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Other means of incidents and attacks
  • 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?
    Yes
  • What was the reaction of the journalists' association?
    The association reacted publicly
    The association informed international organizations and institutions
    The association provided legal support

The newsroom of the Danas received threats and insults in a comment under one of the articles on the portal. The comment signed as “May the Lord God destroy your seed” contains a series of insults, curses and open calls for violence against journalists:

“May all employees of Danas be severely affected and their seed destroyed, that they may not be able to help their sick family, that they may be torn apart from within and destroyed. In the name of Christ, we pray to the Lord God that Danas and all the terrorists employed will be punished for all their crimes in the worst possible way and that they will pay the highest price for all their crimes against Serbia and the Serbian people! DEATH TO THE TRAITORS! MRS CORRUPT CATTLE MAY A DOG F**K YOUR MOTHER IN YOUR MOUTH AND THE TURKS PUT YOUR CHILDREN ON A STICKER! Because you are corrupt scum and terrorist Ustashas MRS!”