Other threats to journalists, Brano Mandić, 07.03.2024.

TUMM •︎ 11/03/2025

Other threats to journalists, Brano Mandić, 07.03.2024.

Translations: Podgorica 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Podgorica
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Male
  • Victim(s) name
    Brano Mandić

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Normalizuj.me
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    https://normalizuj.me/praxis/zasto-mi-je-policija-upala-u-tekst

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    07.03.2025
  • City
    Podgorica
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (convicted)
  • Attacked by
    Authorities - institutions
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Other means of incidents and attacks
  • Type of incident
    Other threats to journalists
  • Type of threat
    Unfounded judicial and administrative harassment including SLAPP cases

  • 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 Police Directorate of Montenegro filed a misdemeanor complaint against journalist and writer Brano Mandić for publishing a column on October 18, 2024, in which he criticized the public speech of the University of Montenegro professor Aleksandar Stamatović.

Mandić criticized the professor’s sexist remark towards a TV Adria show host, in which he commented on the inscription on the journalist’s t-shirt, saying that he “liked what is underneath and above it.” This behavior was met with strong public condemnation but no adequate response from the University of Montenegro.

The Police Directorate of Montenegro stated that, acting on Stamatović’s complaint, they filed a misdemeanor charge for insults in Mandić’s authored column.

Civil society organizations reacted to this action by the Police Directorate, urging them to abandon the procedure, emphasizing the lack of understanding of journalism and journalistic genres.

A hearing is scheduled for April 16.