Pressure and threats against journalist Dragana Vukosavleviq, North Mitrovica, 18.3.2025

AJK •︎ 18/03/2025

Pressure and threats against journalist Dragana Vukosavleviq, North Mitrovica, 18.3.2025

Translations: Pristina 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Pristina
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Female
  • Victim(s) name
    Dragana Vukosavleviq

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Kossev
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    18.03.2025
  • City
    North Mitrovica
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Type of incident
    Threats against media outlets and organizations
  • Type of threat
    Aggressive, harassing or discriminatory statements

  • Action by the authorities

  • 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 of Journalists of Kosovo (AJK) has been informed that the journalist from the Kossev portal in North Mitrovica, Dragana Vukosavleviq (Dragana Vukosavljević), has been threatened by an official of the North Mitrovica municipality and has been subjected to pressure.

Vukosavljević had reported on the failure to register newborns in this municipality, using the responses of the civil registry official, F. Stavileci, after several attempts to obtain official information on the matter.

According to the portal’s report, the official threatened the journalist, saying that she would send the police to the newsroom.

AGK strongly condemns the threats and obstruction of the work of journalist Vukosavljević and calls on the Kosovo Police to conduct the necessary investigations professionally.

AGK also calls on the North Mitrovica Municipality to carry out an internal investigation into the incident.

The Association of Journalists of Kosovo urges the mayor, Erden Atiq, and the municipal administration he leads to ensure transparency in decision-making and to engage in providing responses on matters of public interest to journalists of all nationalities.