Actual attacks on journalists, Katarina Stevanović, Novi Sad, 05.09.2025.

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Actual attacks on journalists, Katarina Stevanović, Novi Sad, 05.09.2025.

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  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Woman
  • Victim(s) name
    Katarina Stevanović

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Vreme
  • Type of media platform
    Printed Media
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Stevan Ristić

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    05.09.2025
  • Were authorities informed?
    Case was not reported to the authorities
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    Authorities - individuals
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    In person
  • Type of incident
    Actual attacks on journalists
  • Type of attack
    Attack resulting in physical harm

  • 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

Journalist Katarina Stevanović from the Vreme weekly was physically prevented from working and forced to lie on the ground by police officers at an event in Novi Sad on September 5.

Although she was wearing a yellow vest clearly marked “Press”, the police made her lie on the ground for about 15 minutes.

“I followed the people who were in front of the Faculty of Philosophy. The group suddenly started to move. Two cordons of police followed them, from the side of Filozofsko and from the Quay, who pushed us. The police pushed us towards the Quay, we reached the meadow and the fence still couldn’t be reached. Individuals managed to jump over the fence. I clearly had a press vest on and said I was a journalist. They said they weren’t interested in it. I was also “Several emergency workers asked us if we were going to pump. They made us lie on the ground, put our hands on our backs. I asked if I could call the office, and they said no, and I shouldn’t take pictures.” After about 15 minutes, they singled her out with the words “come on, journalist”. They asked for her press card and identity card, took her information, and then called her superiors.