Actual attacks on journalists, Dragana Prica, Novi Sad, 17.01.2025.

IJAS •︎ 17/01/2025

Actual attacks on journalists, Dragana Prica, Novi Sad, 17.01.2025.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Female
  • Victim(s) name
    Dragan Prica

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Radio 021
  • Type of media platform
    Radio
  • Source of information about the incident
    Radio Slobodna Evropa

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    17.01.2025
  • City
    Novi Sad
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    By public official(s) and/or representative(s) of the executive power
  • Type of incident
    Actual attacks on journalists
  • Type of attack
    attack_without_injury

  • Action by the authorities

  • Type of violation
    Light physical injury

  • 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 sent a letter of concern to the institutions
    The association informed international organizations and institutions

At the protest in front of the City Hall in Novi Sad on January 17, 2025. In 2008, Radio 021 journalist Dragana Prica was roughly pushed away, pulled by the sleeve and physically removed by members of the Gendarmerie from the place of reporting. Although there was no reason for such rudeness, the police officers reacted extremely rudely towards the journalists present.

Fortunately, the journalist was not injured, and the case was not reported to the public prosecutor’s office or the police, nor was it initiated by official duty.