Translations: Pristina
Case info
Personal info
- Regional centerPristina
- GenderMale
- Victim(s) nameLeonard Kërquki
Media outlet
- Name of the media outletGazeta Express
- Type of media platformOnline Media
- Source of information about the incidentGazeta Express
Incident Data
- Date of incident03.05.2019
- CityPrishtinë
- Perpetrator(s)Known (suspected)
- Attacked byAuthorities - individuals
- Type of incidentOther threats to journalists
Action by the authorities
Action taken by the journalists' association
- Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?Yes
The Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo and the President of Kosovo Democratic Party (PDK), Kadri Veseli has made pressure to the Chef Editor of Gazeta Express Leonard Kërquki regarding news of inviting him to interview by Special Court in Hague. Veseli sent a message to Kërquki via WattsApp, which contains this: “If you want, you can go to my mother Ajshe…, but do not forget that people have families and children, it’s not ok. I’m speaking as a Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo. You are abusing. Ok, go ahead. That just breezing me…, do you know what I’m going to say. Tell him (Berat Buzhala) I have not sent his father in prison. He knows…, but be informed, KLA and Kosovo will be forever here.”