Other threats, M portal,17.01.2025.

TUMM •︎ 17/01/2025

Other threats, M portal,17.01.2025.

Translations: Podgorica 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Podgorica
  • Who was attacked?
    Group
  • Group members' names and surnames
    Danica Nikolić, Kaćuša Krsmanović, M portal

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    M portal
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    https://etv.me/drustvo/izjasnjenje-formulacija-koje-nema-u-zakonima

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    17.01.2025
  • City
    Podgorica
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    Authorities - individuals
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Post mail
  • Type of incident
    Other threats to journalists
  • Type of threat
    Other

  • Action by the authorities

  • Type of violation
    Persecution

  • 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 provided legal support

The Montenegrin police (Sector for the Fight Against Crime) sent a letter to M Portal, its editor Danica Nikolić, and a journalist Kaćuša Krsmanović regarding the article “Šćepanović and Šaranović Created the Lists of Undesirables”, which they had republished from the E TV portal.

In the letter, the police requested that M Portal “provide a statement regarding the circumstances” of who allowed the journalist to access and photograph the telegram referenced in their article. The police also inquired whether, before deciding to publish the telegram, they had consulted officials from the relevant state authorities and, if so, which ones.

Nikolić stated that she would not disclose her sources and described the request as an attempt to pressure and intimidate the media and journalists.

ETV reported that neither Montenegro’s Criminal Procedure Code nor the Law on Internal Affairs recognizes the legal concept of a “request for a statement,” as formulated in the police letter