Obstructing the work of journalists, Prishtinë, 21.08.2024

Translations: Pristina 

• Case info

• Personal info

• Regional center

  Pristina
• Who was attacked?

  Group

• Media outlet

• Name of the media outlet

  Teve, Top Channel and Klan Kosova
• Type of media platform

  Radio
  Radio
  Online Media
  

• Incident Data

• Date of incident

  21.08.2024
• City

  Prishtina
• Perpetrator(s)

  Not known
• Attacked by

  (ordinary) citizens
  
• Means of incidents and attacks

  In person
  
• Type of incident

  Actual attacks on journalists
• Type of attack

  attack_without_injury

• 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
  

Today, journalists Gresa Nitaj from Klan Kosova, Leonita Bajrami from Top Channel, and Venhar Isufi from Tëvë1, and camera operators Arben Restelica, Edon Hogjagjiku and Valdrin Abazi, were obstructed while reporting on a murder that took place last night in Kodra e Trimave, in Prishtina.

In a live broadcast for an information news edition in Klan Kosova, the journalist Gresa Nitaj is seen being forcibly grabbed by a man, preventing her from reporting live. The same individual is seen and heard telling Top Channels and Teve1s crews to leave.

For the Association of Journalists of Kosovo, obstructing the work of journalists is unacceptable; therefore, we call upon the Kosovo Police to ensure that journalists can carry out their work without being harmed or hindered.