Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Vuk Cvijić and newsroom of Radar, Belgrade, 16.01.2026.

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Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Vuk Cvijić and newsroom of Radar, Belgrade, 16.01.2026.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Group
  • Group members' names and surnames
    Vuk Cvijić and newsroom of Radar

  • Media outlet

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

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    16.01.2026
  • City
    Beograd
  • Were authorities informed?
    Case was reported to the Prosecutor’s Office
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Other means of incidents and attacks
  • Type of incident
    Threats against the lives and physical safety of journalists
  • Type of threat
    Explicit - to journalist(s)

  • Action by the authorities

  • Legal status of the case
    The procedure is in the phase of gathering information about all the circumstances of the case

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    No
  • What was the reaction of the journalists' association?
    The association reacted publicly
    The association informed international organizations and institutions

The newsroom of Radar has received a series of insulting and targeting messages in the comments section, as well as a threat of physical violence directed at all members of the editorial team, and especially at journalist Vuk Cvijić. The threatening message was posted as a comment under Vuk Cvijić’s article “We Reveal the SNS Amendment to the Draft Law on Public Prosecutor’s Offices – Halting the Work of the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime.”

The message contains hate speech, insults, and an explicit threat of physical violence. The user of the account “Miša” wrote, among other things:
“Cvijić, now you’ll see your god, you Ustaše, who wanted to deal with us and stop Serbia, I’ll f*** your Ustaše mother. You’ll get what you asked for, and that’s a club to the head. You won’t have Nenadić and Dolovac anymore to sign off for you while you suck Serbia.”