Pressure on a journalist, Isidora Kovačević, Šabac, December 17, 2021.

Translations: Beograd 

• Case info

• Personal info

• Regional center

  RS
• Gender

  Female
• Victim(s) name

  Isidora Kovačević

• Media outlet

• Name of the media outlet

  Podrinske
• Type of media platform

  Online Media
  
• Source of information about the incident

  Podrinske

• Incident Data

• Date of incident

  17.12.2021
• City

  Šabac
• Perpetrator(s)

  Not known
• Attacked by

  (ordinary) citizens
  
• 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

In the early morning hours in Šabac, leaflets appeared across the city on high-quality colored paper, on which was written “Wanted” and below, among others, a picture of the editor-in-chief of “Podrinske”, Isidora Kovačević, under which stands “media patron of thugs” . At the bottom of the leaflet is written “for the peaceful sleep of the whisperers”. According to colleagues from the newspaper “Podrinske”, the reason for this “call for lynching” is the fact that the government in Sabac, despite the financial pressure it exerts on this editorial office, as well as constant threats of their bots through social networks – failed to “shut down” this newspaper. Numerous articles revealing the facts about the actions of high-ranking officials of the Sabac government, but also the damage that foreign “investors” plan to do in Pocerina, Jadra, Radjevina and other places in Serbia, the editor-in-chief of “Podrinske”, Isidora Kovacevic, obviously drew attention to herself and became a nuisance.