Other threats to journalists, Andrej Dimitrijević, Zagreb, 5.6.2024.

CJA •︎ 05/06/2024

Other threats to journalists, Andrej Dimitrijević, Zagreb, 5.6.2024.

Translations: Zagreb 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Zagreb
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Male
  • Victim(s) name
    Andrej Dimitrijević

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Faktograf
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Faktograf.hr

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    05.06.2024
  • City
    Zagreb
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    By public official(s) and/or representative(s) of the executive power
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Posts or comments on social networks
  • 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 reacted publicly

Member of Parliament from the Domovinski Pokret (DP), Stephen Nikola Bartulica, falsely accused Andrej Dimitrijević, a journalist from the Faktograf portal, of harassing him in front of his children because he did not like the question he was asked. Bartulica posted a photo of the journalist on social media, claiming that Dimitrijević approached him while his children were in the car. However, Dimitrijević proved that the children were not present when he asked Bartulica why he had not declared the car he was driving in his asset declaration. Bartulica himself involved his children in the public call for the lynching of the journalist. For days, the journalist was subjected to various threats and insults triggered by Bartulica’s statement.