Threats against the lives and limbs of journalists, Sead Sadikovic, Bijelo Polje, 24.03.2020

TUMM •︎ 24/03/2020

Threats against the lives and limbs of journalists, Sead Sadikovic, Bijelo Polje, 24.03.2020

Translations: Podgorica 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Podgorica
  • Gender
    Male
  • Victim(s) name
    Sead Sadiković

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    TV Vijesti
  • Type of media platform
    Radio

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    20.03.2020
  • City
    Bijelo Polje
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Type of incident
    life_threat

  • Action by the authorities

  • Public prosecutor's action
    Nema elemenata izvršenja krivičnog djela

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

The editor of Vijesti Television, Sead Sadikovic, on March 24, 2020. submitted a report to the authorized officials of Security Center in Bijelo Polje. The report states that he received messages of offensive and threatening content on his Facebook profile via messenger in the period from March 20 to 22. The reason for that was his TV story in the magazine “Bez granica” (Without borders) which referred to the Roma population.

After police measures and actions taken, A.H. admitted that he had sent the disputed messages, because journalist called the Roma derogatory names in the aforementioned story. The Basic State Prosecutor’s Office in Bijelo Polje formed the case files, and then submitted them to Security Center in Budva so that the locally competent prosecutor in Kotor would be acquainted with them. After getting acquainted with the case file, the prosecutor in Kotor stated that there were no elements of committing a criminal offense in the case.