Obstruction of Duty, Gjilan, 9.2.2025

Translations: Pristina 

• Case info

• Personal info

• Regional center

  Pristina
• Who was attacked?

  Group
• Group members' names and surnames

  Klan Kosova

• Media outlet

• Name of the media outlet

  Klan Kosova
• Type of media platform

  Radio
  Radio
  Online Media
  
• Source of information about the incident

  Klan Kosova

• Incident Data

• Date of incident

  09.02.2025
• City

  Gjilan
• 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_other

• Action by the authorities

• Action taken by the journalists' association

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

  Yes
• What was the reaction of the journalists' association?

  The association reacted publicly
  

The team, consisting of journalists Flamur Gajtani and Herolind Ademi, and cameraman Bardh Stublla, covered the Gjilan region on the voting day, February 9, 2025. After the voting centers closed, the team went to the Gjilan square to follow the gathering called by Mayor Alban Hyseni to celebrate the victory. Once the speech concluded, supporters of VV started insulting the team, approaching them and shouting phrases such as: “You don’t belong here,” “Down with Klan Serbia,” “You are bothered by the flag (national flag),” “Workers of Vučić,” and similar sentences. In fact, supporters with national symbols surrounded the journalists and cameraman, obstructing them from doing their job and preventing them from carrying out their duties. This continued until the Kosovo Police intervened and removed the crowd from the team. The journalists and cameraman, with the help of the police, were placed in a safer location.