Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Maria Popović, Lazarevac, 21.06.2026.

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Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Maria Popović, Lazarevac, 21.06.2026.

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  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Woman
  • Victim(s) name
    Maria Popović
  • Gender-based incident
    1
  • Type of gender-based incident
    Online sexual harassment

  • Media outlet

  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Anem

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    21.06.2026
  • City
    Lazarevac
  • Were authorities informed?
    Case was reported to the Prosecutor’s Office
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
    Bots
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Posts or comments on social networks
  • 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
  • Type of violation
    Security threat

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    No

Threats were sent via social media to Marija Popović, a journalist and editor for the Lazarevac-based news portal *Pravo u centar*.

The editor of the local Lazarevac media outlet received a Facebook message from a profile under the name Stojan Marković—featuring a profile picture of the user in a Serbian Armed Forces uniform—stating: “And as a military man who never retires, I’m going to blast you for 30 minutes, and him—into the sewer.”

ANEM has reported the threats to the competent public prosecutor’s office for high-tech crime.