Threats against the lives and limbs of journalists, Drago Pilsel, Zagreb, 15.06.2014.

Admin •︎ 15/06/2014

Threats against the lives and limbs of journalists, Drago Pilsel, Zagreb, 15.06.2014.

Translations: Zagreb 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Zagreb
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Male
  • Victim(s) name
    Drago Pilsel

  • Media outlet

  • Type of media platform
    Online Media

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    15.06.2014
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Posts or comments on social networks
  • Type of incident
    life_threat

  • Action by the authorities

  • Type of violation
    Security threat

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

Drago Pilsel in his inbox at Facebook found a message sent by a J.B. from Mostar saying: “Your time will come too, you litter”. Pilsel reported the message to the police the same evening. It was sent after Pilsel published the article entitled “When Bishop Košić kisses Kordić’s hand, he mocks the God” . The message was not sent anonimously and one can clearly see hate against Moslems at J.B.’s web profile. It also has insignia of the HVO Military Police Unit “Jockers”, accused of war crime agains Moslems in Ahmići.