Other threats to journalists, Slobodan Georgiev, Belgrade, 02.10.2019.

IJAS •︎ 02/10/2019

Other threats to journalists, Slobodan Georgiev, Belgrade, 02.10.2019.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    RS
  • Gender
    Male
  • Victim(s) name
    Slobodan Georgiev

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    BIRN
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Cenzolovka

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    02.10.2019
  • City
    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

In an interview for Dnevnik 2 on RTS, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, referring to the election campaign for the Kosovo parliamentary elections, stated that the pre-election spot of Serb List was banned on the appeal of “big BIRN”, for incitement to hatred. After that, Slobodan Georgiev, editor of the Belgrade BIRN, which has nothing to do with the ban, received a number of messages via Twitter, such as “you should be expelled”, “Haradinaj’s Serb”, “go to Albania”… Georgiev for Cenzolovku said: “The application was submitted to the Kosovo Election Commission by BIRN Kosovo,” which was not emphasized in the president’s interview, and repeating that he is an editor at BIRN Serbia.