Threats against the lives and physical safety of journalists, Saska Drobnjak and photographer of Tanjug, Novi Sad, 08.03.2024.

IJAS •︎ 08/03/2024

Threats against the lives and physical safety of journalists, Saska Drobnjak and photographer of Tanjug, Novi Sad, 08.03.2024.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Female

  • Media outlet

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    08.03.2024
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
    Organized groups
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    In person
  • Type of incident
    life_threat

  • Action by the authorities

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

In front of the Center for Social Work in Novi Sad, during the protest against the center’s decisions in the case of Ana Mihaljica’s child being taken away, several incidents occurred in which threats were made to journalists from several newsrooms. On that occasion, Tanjug reporter Saška Drobnjak, Tanjug photographer, Kurir correspondent, Radio 021 reporter Žarko Bogosavljević, and TV N1 correspondent Ksenia Pavkov were threatened. On this occasion, several insults and threats were uttered against these journalists.