Other threats to journalists, Bojana Jovanović and Jelena Radivojević, Belgrade, 14.10.2025.

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Other threats to journalists, Bojana Jovanović and Jelena Radivojević, Belgrade, 14.10.2025.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Group
  • Group members' names and surnames
    Bojana Jovanović and Jelena Radivojević

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    KRIK
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    KRIK

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    14.10.2025
  • City
    Beograd
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    Authorities - individuals
  • 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 association informed international organizations and institutions

The judge of the Appellate Court in Belgrade, Dušanka Đorđević, has filed a third lawsuit against the journalists from KRIK over their database “Prosudi ko sudi” (Judge Who Judges).

Judge Đorđević has filed a criminal lawsuit seeking a 10-month prison sentence and a two-year ban on practicing journalism for KRIK editor Bojana Jovanović and journalist Jelena Radivojević, accusing them of violating privacy rights. The proceedings for the first two lawsuits are ongoing, with KRIK editor Stevan Dojčinović and journalist Bojana Pavlović as defendants.

Judge Đorđević and her husband, lawyer Aleksandar Đorđević, filed the new lawsuit because, according to them, it was only during the court proceedings against KRIK that they discovered Jovanović and Radivojević’s involvement in the creation of the “Prosudi ko sudi” database. However, it was actually journalist Radivojević who had sent Judge Đorđević a request for an interview, along with specific questions, during the research and work on the judges’ database.

We point out that this lawsuit is yet another classic example of a SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) case—its purpose is not to seek justice but to pressure journalists, financially exhaust them, and intimidate them into ceasing their work on issues of significant public interest.