Other threats to journalists, group of journalists and cameramen, Otok, 23.9.2024.

CJA •︎ 23/09/2024

Other threats to journalists, group of journalists and cameramen, Otok, 23.9.2024.

Translations: Zagreb 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Zagreb
  • Who was attacked?
    Group
  • Group members' names and surnames
    Journalists and cameraman of several media

  • Media outlet

  • Type of media platform
    Radio
    Radio
    Printed Media
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    CJA

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    23.09.2024
  • City
    Otok
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    In person
  • Type of incident
    Other threats to journalists
  • Type of threat
    Aggressive, harassing or discriminatory statements

  • Action by the authorities

  • Police action
    The police warned the men who insulted the journalists several times to stay away. The police then removed one of the men who was causing problems. Later, the police recorded the man's information because of the verbal attack on the journalists. That man was detained, questioned and reported.
  • Legal status of the case
    The procedure is in the phase of gathering information about all the circumstances of the case
    The procedure is in the investigative phase

  • 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

Several men insulted and obstructed the work of journalists and cameramen who were covering the arrest of the mayor of Otok and former HDZ MP Josip Šarić in the morning of September 23, 2024. Police warned the men several times and asked them to leave. After one of them started muttering something, a police officer approached him and explicitly ordered him to leave.