Death threats, Danica Nikolic, Podgorica, 11.09.2022.

TUMM •︎ 12/09/2022

Death threats, Danica Nikolic, Podgorica, 11.09.2022.

Translations: Podgorica 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Podgorica
  • Gender
    Female
  • Victim(s) name
    Danica Nikolić

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    M portal
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    M portal

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    11.09.2022
  • City
    Podgorica
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Type of incident
    life_threat

  • Action by the authorities

  • Court action
    U toku pred Osnovnim sudom u Podgorici.

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

The editor of the M portal, Danica Nikolic, reported on September 11 to the Podgorica Security Center that she received death threats sent to her official email address. In this case, the basic state prosecution instituted a case. As stated on the M portal, she received three emails with threatening content, in which, among other things, it is stated that she will be “hanged for example”. Threatening emails arrived from the address [email protected].

In her statement, Nikolic stated that the reason for these threats was exclusively her professional journalistic work on the M portal.

The trial began on December 22, 2022.