Other threats to journalists, Milan Radonjić, Belgrade, 17.06.2026.

IJAS •︎ Posted on

Other threats to journalists, Milan Radonjić, Belgrade, 17.06.2026.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Man
  • Victim(s) name
    Milan Radonjić

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Radar
  • Type of media platform
    Printed Media
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Milan Radonjić

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    17.06.2026
  • City
    Beograd
  • Were authorities informed?
    Case was not reported to the authorities
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    Organized groups
    Authorities - institutions
    By public official(s) and/or representative(s) of the executive power
    Politician(s) / political party(ies) (other than public officials)
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Posts or comments on social networks
    Through media outlets (broadcast, print, online)
    Other means of incidents and attacks
  • Type of incident
    Other threats to journalists
  • Type of threat
    Aggressive, harassing or discriminatory statements

  • Action by the authorities

  • Type of violation
    Persecution
    Other

  • 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 provided legal support

As part of the orchestration of the campaign in which the public prosecution participated, Radar journalist Milan Radonjić found himself in the center of targeting because of the article on the front page of Radar “The day Vučić shot the people in the back”, in which he writes about the use of sound weapons during a peaceful student rally on March 15, 2025.

After the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office (VJT) informed the public that the Anti-Terrorism Service had an order to determine the identity of those who allegedly “prepared a simulation of the use of a sound cannon”, and within that “interview with all persons who publicly stated those claims”, as if on command, the attack on critical journalists and media began.

The highlight of the pro-regime machinery that day was a special show on the First Program of RTS. One of the guests (among whom were all propagandists of this government action), Deputy Chief Public Prosecutor Miodrag Marković, explained that four groups will be questioned, and that “the third party consists of persons who represented media support, those who published on social networks or in certain media” and emphasized: “Their identity is more or less known.”

The next culmination of the propaganda nailing down the narrative was the next day, in the TV Informer special show “Attempt to shoot Aleksandar Vučić” (rebroadcast on Saturday simultaneously on two national televisions, Pink and Prva).

There, for four and a half hours, they talked about “traitors”, “destroyers of Serbia” who are “planning a civil war”. Radonjić’s text and photo were intensively shown. Among the guests were the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, the Speaker of the Parliament, Ana Brnabić, and the leader of the Radicals, Vojislav Šešelj.