Other threats to journalists, several journalists, Novi Sad, Belgrade, 08.02.2019.

IJAS •︎ 08/02/2019

Other threats to journalists, several journalists, Novi Sad, Belgrade, 08.02.2019.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    RS
  • Who was attacked?
    Group
  • Group members' names and surnames
    Igor Besermenji, Nedim Sejdinović, Dinko Gruhonjić, Jovan Gligorijević, Dragana Pećo and Hana Adrović

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Više medija
  • Source of information about the incident
    Nezavisno udruženje novinara Srbije

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    08.02.2019
  • City
    Novi Sad, Beograd
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Type of incident
    Other threats to journalists

  • Action by the authorities

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

Smear campaigns through web sites istraga.rs against professional and independent journalists. The latest example of the smear campaign was the ruthless attack on Igor Besermenji, a columnist for the Autonomija portal, and NDNV president and programme editor, Nedim Sejdinovic and Dinko Gruhonjic. The bot web site istraga.rs claimed that Besermenji is one of the leaders of the protest in Novi Sad and a Vojvodina separatist with similar claims made about the NDNV, Sejdinovic and Gruhonjic. Some 20 days earlier the site targetted professional journalists Jovan Gligorijevic, Dragana Peco and Hana Adrovic.