Pristina, 07. 11. 2019 – AJK is concerned with the physical assault on Klan Kosova journalist Mejreme Gashi by some people inside a casino in Karaçevo, a village of Kamenica.
The Klan Kosova team was reporting about the operation of several casinos in the mentioned place, when persons working in a casino were obstructed by the presence of the media and verbally attacked and then physically assaulted the journalist.
“I and my colleague Rilind were attacked verbally with the most severe words, they insulted us with banal words. Then one of them hit me on the head. As if that were not enough, he still continued his verbal attack on the entire Klan Kosova team until he was accompanied by other people saying us “Get out of here”, “Don’t photograph our cars”- said Gashi in an interview on the medium she works.
This is the second time within a week that the same team has been prevented while doing their job, besides the one in Zabar, Mitrovica, to which the AJK has reacted.
AJK invites the police and prosecution to treat the case with priority and bring the perpetrators to justice. Attacks on journalists recently have raised a concern number, making journalism one of the most difficult profession to work in Kosovo. For these and other reasons, law enforcement should act promptly to allow journalists to work without disturbance.
At the same time, the AJK encourages journalists not to succumb to such threats and to work diligently to inform the public.