Threats to media workers, Drago Matović Podgorica, 17.10.2024.

TUMM •︎ 17/10/2024

Threats to media workers, Drago Matović Podgorica, 17.10.2024.

Translations: Podgorica 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Male
  • Victim(s) name
    Drago Matović

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    TV Vijesti
  • Type of media platform
    Radio
  • Source of information about the incident
    https://www.vijesti.me/tv/emisije/728786/kamermanu-tv-vijesti-prijeceno-dok-je-snimao-nastavak-radova-na-spornoj-lameli-c?utm_campaign=vijesti_share_counter&utm_medium=app_ios&utm_source=vijesti_ios

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    17.10.2024
  • City
    Podgorica
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    In person
  • Type of incident
    Other threats to journalists
  • Type of threat
    Aggressive, harassing or discriminatory statements

  • 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 organized some other form of support

Several people threatened Drago Matović, the cameraman of Television News, who tried to film the third removal of the official seal and the continuation of work on the disputed building in the Zabjelo neighborhood of Podgorica.

Matović filmed the work on the building from the public area, the continuation of whose construction was prohibited by the Basic Court.

The case was reported to the police.