Threatening language against journalists, Pristina, 09.11.2021

AJK •︎ 09/11/2021

Threatening language against journalists, Pristina, 09.11.2021

Translations: Pristina 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Pristina
  • Who was attacked?
    Group
  • Group members' names and surnames
    Vehbi Kajtazi, Parim Olluri, Valon Syla and Berat Buzhala.

  • Media outlet

  • Source of information about the incident
    Facebook

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    09.11.2021
  • City
    Prishtina
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    Public person(s)
  • Type of incident
    life_threat

  • Action by the authorities

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

The official of Vetëvendosje and the former candidate of this party for MP, Hysamedin Feraj, used threatening language against some journalists.

In a Facebook post, Feraj accused some Kosovar journalists of “working for Serbia for free”.

“It is not fair that Grenell gets paid and the Grenellists don’t (?) Or Kosovo owes Serbia and they pay it off by working it for free!”, wrote Feraj.

Such language, especially when it comes from the official of a ruling party, endangers the safety of journalists and as such is unacceptable.

AJK calls on Vetëvendosje to distance itself from the threatening language of its members towards journalists.