Other threats to journalists, Jelena Jovanovic, Podgorica, 28.07.2021.

TUMM •︎ 30/07/2021

Other threats to journalists, Jelena Jovanovic, Podgorica, 28.07.2021.

Translations: Podgorica 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Podgorica
  • Gender
    Female
  • Victim(s) name
    Jelena Jovanovic

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    ND Vijesti
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    28.07.2021
  • City
    Podgorica
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Type of incident
    Other threats to journalists

  • Action by the authorities

  • Public prosecutor's action
    Prosecutor has rejected the criminal complaint, assessing that there was no element of threat.

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

On July 28, journalist of the daily Vijesti, Jelena Jovanovic, in response to the published text, received a letter signed by detainee Mario Milosevic, through his lawyer Natalija Karadzic. The lawyer sent an e-mail to the official e-mail address of the journalist and the editorial office where she works, which she called a denial, in which the suspect in the two murders states where the journalist lives, insinuating that Jovanovic is paying off the apartment by writing texts about him. The journalist, who is a witness to the murder for which the prosecution suspects Milosevic, interpreted the allegations as serious threats and an attempt to intimidate and discredit her because the information about where she lives is not public.

Journalist Jovanovic filed criminal charges against Milosevic and his lawyer, for endangering security.

In November 2021, Basic State Prosecutor Ivana Petrusic Vuksevic dismissed the criminal complaint.

According to the decision, the prosecutor, by analyzing the entire case file, assessed that there is no grounded suspicion that Milosevic and Karadzic committed any criminal offense for which they are being prosecuted ex officio.