Attacks on journalists, Milka Smilevska, 09.09.2020

Translations: Skopje 

• Case info

• Personal info

• Regional center

  Skopje
• Gender

  Female
• Victim(s) name

  Милка Смилевска

• Media outlet

• Name of the media outlet

  Ал Џезира
• Type of media platform

  Radio
  
• Source of information about the incident

  Ал Џезира

• Incident Data

• Date of incident

  09.09.2020
• City

  Skopje
• Perpetrator(s)

  Not known
• Attacked by

  (ordinary) citizens
  
• Type of incident

  Actual attacks on journalists

• Action by the authorities

• Action taken by the journalists' association

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

  Yes

At the protest organized by the political party VMRO-DPMNE, journalist Milka Smilevska and cameraman Jorde Angelovic from the Al Jazeera media were attacked and prevented from performing their professional duties by an unknown person. The assailant pushed the microphone out of the journalist’s hand after asking which media outlet they were reporting on.