Other threats to journalists, Faktograf journalists, Zagreb, 12.12.2021.

Translations: Zagreb 

• Case info

• Personal info

• Regional center

  Zagreb
• Who was attacked?

  Group
• Group members' names and surnames

  Novinarke i novinari Faktografa

• Media outlet

• Name of the media outlet

  Faktograf
• Type of media platform

  Online Media
  

• Incident Data

• Date of incident

  12.12.2021
• City

  Zagreb
• Attacked by

  (ordinary) citizens
  
• Type of incident

  Other threats to journalists

• Action by the authorities

• Action taken by the journalists' association

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

  Yes

The Faktograf.hr portal and its journalists became the target of a public lynching, on Sunday, on December 12, initiated by the entrepreneur Nenad Bakic, after which the Faktograf editorial office received various threats.

Nenad Bakic on his Facebook profile rudely attacked Faktograf, on December 10 and 11, making a number of untrue claims and calling on his followers to file lawsuits against the portal and thus initiate organized pressure on this portal. Bakic believes that his freedom of expression has been denied through Faktograf on Facebook and therefore says that he will sue Faktograf, but in his post he also states the following: “I am interested in whether it would be legal to form a fund to finance such lawsuits? It shouldn’t be very complicated – stencil lawsuits on the same topic?” After that, the Faktograf editorial office received a series of messages on Facebook, but also via e-mail in which they were insulted but also threatened.