Other threats to journalists, journalists and editors of Novosti and Vida TV, Zagreb, 20.04.2023.

CJA •︎ 01/05/2023

Other threats to journalists, journalists and editors of Novosti and Vida TV, Zagreb, 20.04.2023.

Translations: Zagreb 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Zagreb
  • Who was attacked?
    Group
  • Group members' names and surnames
    Novinari i urednici Novosti i Vida TV

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Novosti i Vida TV
  • Type of media platform
    Radio
    Printed Media
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Novosti

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    20.04.2023
  • City
    Zagreb
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Through media outlets (broadcast, print, online)
  • Type of incident
    Other threats to journalists
  • Type of threat
    Aggressive, harassing or discriminatory statements

  • Action by the authorities

  • Type of violation
    Security threat

  • 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

On 20.4.2023. “Hrvatski tjednik” published a newspaper with a front page that read “Plenković is paying 600,000 euros for this! 80 Pupovac’s media Chetniks from the two nests of Novosti and Vida TV are paying Plenković with our money for the special war against Croatia”. In the same newspaper, there is also a text signed by Ivica Marijačić, in which it is stated that “Croatia is paying almost 80 instigators in two of Pupovac’s media nests for a special war against Croatia”. The labeling of certain journalists and media outlets, published by the Serbian National Council, as “Chetnik nests”, “Ultra-Serbian chauvinists”, “haters of Croatia and the Croatian people” and “state enemies” is an example of inciting speech that incites hatred towards members of the Serbian national minority in Croatia and journalists who work in the mentioned media. In this context, the publication of the names of editors, journalists and associates of the weekly newspaper and portal Novosti and Vida TV is particularly controversial, which can’t be interpreted otherwise than incitement to violence against these people on a discriminatory basis.