The Association of Journalists of Kosovo has received with concern a statement made by journalist Lirim Mehmetaj of the Albanian Post regarding the summons issued to him as a defendant by the Basic Prosecutor’s Office in Pristina.
In the summons for presence on March 7, Mehmetaj is invited as a defendant for the criminal offense of “inciting discord and impatience” under Article 141 of the Penal Code.
While AJK is waiting for official information, such a call to a journalist is an alarm for a democratic society, as Kosovo claims to be.
AJK will be requesting official information and closely monitoring the unprecedented development of the justice system in Kosovo on Thursday.