Threats against the lives and physical safety of journalists, Branislav Šovljanski, Belgrade, 17.06.2026.

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Threats against the lives and physical safety of journalists, Branislav Šovljanski, Belgrade, 17.06.2026.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Man
  • Victim(s) name
    Branislav Šovljanski

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    TV N1
  • Type of media platform
    Television
  • Source of information about the incident
    TV N1

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    17.07.2026
  • City
    Beograd
  • 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
    Through media outlets (broadcast, print, online)
  • 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?
    Yes
  • What was the reaction of the journalists' association?
    The association reacted publicly
    The association provided legal support

New threats were sent to the news director and editor of N1 television, Branislav Šovljanski, and the threats were most likely sent by the same person who had threatened before.

The threat was sent on July 17, in a comment on a text published on the N1 portal under the title “Tabloid spin from the first row: They made a great honor for Serbia and Vučić out of ordinary protocol”, and was sent by a person who introduces himself under the pseudonym “Srbin”.

The message stated: “N1 director, your children and family are all you have and we will wait slowly, we will wait for you, remember as long as there are Serbs, you will be persecuted, your origin should be impaled on a spit, we will roast you alive, you bastard, your mother was angry with everyone, I don’t know who your father is, you bastard.”

The threat was reported to the competent Special Public Prosecutor’s Office for VTK.

The person behind this account has already been reported for the threats sent to N1 journalists and that the account from which the messages were sent is connected to the same IP address.