Threats to media organizations, Gradska TV, Podgorica, 28.07.2022.

TUMM •︎ 29/07/2022

Threats to media organizations, Gradska TV, Podgorica, 28.07.2022.

Translations: Podgorica 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Podgorica
  • Who was attacked?
    Group
  • Group members' names and surnames
    Gradska TV

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Gradska TV
  • Type of media platform
    Radio
  • Source of information about the incident
    Gradska TV

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    28.07.2022
  • City
    Podgorica
  • Attacked by
    By public official(s) and/or representative(s) of the executive power
  • Type of incident
    Threats against media outlets and organizations

  • Action by the authorities

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    Yes

Prime Minister Dritan Abazović sent threats and comments of inappropriate content to the Gradska TV team during a tour of the beginning of the construction of the Psychiatry Clinic.

The press teams waited for the prime minister to get a statement from him, and he then turned to the Gradska TV journalist, Bojana Dabović, asking if they had any other questions and added: “You are free to ask, I always answer you. But don’t think that your hate speech should be silenced. So, if we blocked that Sputnik, not even Gradska is far from it”.

The incident was recorded and can be found on a video posted on the Gradska TV YouTube channel.