Threats against lives and limbs of journalists, Zoomer, Belgrade, 19.1.2021.

IJAS •︎ 19/01/2021

Threats against lives and limbs of journalists, Zoomer, Belgrade, 19.1.2021.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    RS
  • Who was attacked?
    Group
  • Group members' names and surnames
    Portal Zoomer

  • Media outlet

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

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    19.01.2021
  • City
    Beograd
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • 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

After the Zoomer portal published the article “We asked young people how they live in Kosovo”, their office received messages with offensive content, some of which contained serious threats. One of the users of the social network Instagram sent a message to the inbox with the following content: “Hello communists, remove the picture where you are spitting at Kosovo. Don’t let us know who you are, it won’t go well. Greetings .”