Attacks on media outlets and organizations, Mimoza Koprani Muçaj, KTV, Prishtina, 04.12.2024

AJK •︎ 04/12/2024

Attacks on media outlets and organizations, Mimoza Koprani Muçaj, KTV, Prishtina, 04.12.2024

Translations: Pristina 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Pristina
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Female
  • Victim(s) name
    Mimoza Koprani Muçaj

  • Media outlet

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

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    04.12.2024
  • City
    Prishtina
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    By public official(s) and/or representative(s) of the executive power
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    In person
    Through media outlets (broadcast, print, online)
  • Type of incident
    Attacks on media outlets and organizations
  • Type of attack
    Other attacks

  • Action by the authorities

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    Unknown
  • What was the reaction of the journalists' association?
    The association reacted publicly

The Association of Journalists of Kosovo condemns the attack that the chief executive of “Ibër Lepenci”, Faruk Mujka, has made against the journalist, Mimoza Koprani Muçaj, author of the show Konfront on KTV.

Reacting to the journalist’s questions in an interview with the Minister of Economy, Artane Rizvanolli, Mujka, among other things, referred to the questions raised as something “extremely vile and extreme misuse of the public broadcaster with the aim of spreading lies and denigrating people who hinder their goals, that is, the goals of Stanishiq’s group”.

The former Vetëvendosje official has compared the KTV television to Sputnik and Russia Today, the propaganda machines of the Putin regime.

AJK considers this to be unacceptable and very dangerous language towards the journalist and the media where she works.

Mujka and other public officials must face all questions that arise in the public interest and stop using derogatory language.