Other threats to journalists, Jelena Zorić, Belgrade, July 25, 2022.

IJAS •︎ 26/07/2022

Other threats to journalists, Jelena Zorić, Belgrade, July 25, 2022.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Female
  • Victim(s) name
    Jelena Zorić

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Various media outlets, Birn, Vreme
  • Type of media platform
    Printed Media
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Jelena Zorić

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    25.07.2022
  • City
    Belgrade
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    Public person(s)
  • Type of incident
    Other threats to journalists
  • Type of threat
    Aggressive, harassing or discriminatory statements

  • Action by the authorities

  • Public prosecutor's action
    The Prosecutor's Office made a decision to dismiss the criminal charges.
  • Legal status of the case
    The application was rejected by the prosecutor

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    Yes

Former State Secretary in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Dijana Hrkalović, used her guest appearance on the show “Ćirilica” on Happy Television to present a series of incorrect information about BIRN and weekly Vreme journalist Jelena Zorić and sent her threats mentioning her brother. “This Jelena Zorić, whose confession we finally got a few days ago, for whom Vlada Gajić from the People’s Party says that Saša Drecun is her source for her information. I mean, everyone is saying that she has a very close relationship with him. I hear her brother saying that she had a problem with the newsroom of the television where she previously worked because she covered up the correspondence between Drecun and a criminal, most likely Korac, which arrived at that newsroom’s email. Pay attention, she hid it from her editors! What is it called? Selective investigative journalism, or what?”