Translations: Pristina
Case info
Personal info
- Regional centerPristina
- Who was attacked?Group
- Group members' names and surnamesEkipi i Insajderit
Media outlet
- Name of the media outletInsajderi
- Type of media platformOnline Media
- Source of information about the incidentInsajderi
Incident Data
- Date of incident20.03.2018
- CityPrishtinë
- Perpetrator(s)Not known
- Attacked by(ordinary) citizens
- Type of incidentThreats against media outlets and organizations
Action by the authorities
- Public prosecutor's actionKa ngritur akuza
- Court actionRasti ende nuk ka filluar të gjykohet.
Action taken by the journalists' association
- Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?Yes
Online newspaper “Insajderi” recevied death threats by an owner of a local company that was recently involved in the so-called ‘meat scandal’. The owner did not like the investigative reporting and called Insajderi by saying that he would kill everyone, and in particular the journalist that worked on the investigation.
Authorities in Belgium said that “Veviba” has functioned in unacceptable sanitary conditions and has manipulated the meat content as well as misusing the deadline stamps.
After the article was published, Insajderi received a telephone call from the owner of the company “Euro Ida”, Anton Jupa who threatened the team.
“Problems are very serious. If I would know who the first (journalist) it was, I would not kill him, but I will just chop him in pieces with an ax, and I will chop him and commit a massacre. Remember what I am telling you,” Jupa said in the telephone conversation.