Threats against the lives and physical safety of journalists, Dinko Gruhonjic, Novi Sad, 11.12.2024.

IJAS •︎ 11/12/2024

Threats against the lives and physical safety of journalists, Dinko Gruhonjic, Novi Sad, 11.12.2024.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Male
  • Victim(s) name
    Dinko Gruhonjic

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Autonomija
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Veljko MIlic

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    11.12.2024
  • City
    Novi Sad
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
    Organized groups
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Posts or comments on social networks
  • Type of incident
    life_threat

  • 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
  • What was the reaction of the journalists' association?
    The association reacted publicly
    The association sent a letter of concern to the institutions

Journalist and professor Dinko Gruhonjic received several threats in a few days, and one of the last received was a very harsh and dangerous death threat, addressed to him and his family by a person signed as Sveto Pil.

Gruhonjić is very active and provides support to students and citizens through his writing and activities related to the protests, the cause of which was the death and suffering of 15 citizens in the fall of an overhead crane at the railway station in Novi Sad. This caused organized negative reactions of individuals and organized groups against Gruhonjica, who send brutal threatening messages.

The case was immediately reported to the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office for VTK.