Attacks on media outlets and organisations, RTV Cetinje, Cetinje, 04.07.2021.

TUMM •︎ 05/07/2021

Attacks on media outlets and organisations, RTV Cetinje, Cetinje, 04.07.2021.

Translations: Podgorica 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Podgorica
  • Who was attacked?
    Group
  • Group members' names and surnames
    RTV Cetinje

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    RTV Cetinje
  • Type of media platform
    Radio

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    04.07.2021
  • City
    Cetinje
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Type of incident
    Attacks on media outlets and organizations

  • Action by the authorities

  • Public prosecutor's action
    Državni tužilac u Osnovnom državnom tužilaštvu u Cetinju se izjasnio da se u radnjama navedenih lica ne stiču elementi krivičnog djela čije se gonjenje preduzima po službenoj dužnosti.

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    No

On July 4, 2021, Ch.K. and B.C. from Cetinje entered the premises of RTV Cetinje without authorization at around 9.20 am and demanded from the journalist Ana Tomovic that the journalist team of RTV Cetinje go out and record church rite by the clergy of the Montenegrin Orthodox Church. Tomovic told them that the team was not able to go out and record the mentioned event, after which these two people insulted the editor of RTV Cetinje, Mladen Zadrima.

“Against Ch.K. a misdemeanor report will be filed for the committed violation under Article 7 (gross insult) of the Law on Public Order and Peace”, it is stated in the press release of the Police Directorate, published on 5.7.2021.