Other threats to journalists, Sinisa Lukovic, Tivat, 08.08.2022.

TUMM •︎ 09/08/2022

Other threats to journalists, Sinisa Lukovic, Tivat, 08.08.2022.

Translations: Podgorica 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Podgorica
  • Gender
    Male
  • Victim(s) name
    Siniša Luković

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    ND Vijesti
  • Type of media platform
    Printed Media
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    www.vijesti.me

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    08.08.2022
  • City
    Tivat
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Type of incident
    Other threats to journalists

  • Action by the authorities

  • Public prosecutor's action
    Državni tužilac u Osnovnom državnom tužilaštvu u Kotoru se izjasnio da se radi o krivičnom djelu ugrožavanje sigurnosti.

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    No

Vijesti journalist Siniša Luković was threatened and insulted by several anonymous profiles on the social network Facebook, and the threats followed after he published the article “Sharrowing of Split and the role of Dragan Samardžić”.

The Kotor Prosecutor’s Office opened a case based on his report and assessed that it was a criminal act of endangering security. The Prosecutor’s Office ordered the Police Directorate to determine who is behind the Facebook profile “Grandfather Committee”, from which Luković received threats, including: “You should know that you will not have Chetnik protection forever, because the Chetniks’ days in Montenegro are numbered.” The user of that profile accused the journalist of “slandering honest Montenegrins”, and then insulted him by writing numerous insults.

Luković reported those threats and insults, and told the inspectors in Tivat that he suspected that the person who wrote them was in some way close or connected to retired admiral Dragan Samardžić, which Samardžić denied.