Verbal threats to a journalist, Nedim Sejdinović, 11th February 2022.

IJAS •︎ 11/02/2022

Verbal threats to a journalist, Nedim Sejdinović, 11th February 2022.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

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

  • Media outlet

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    11.02.2022
  • City
    Novi Sad
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Type of incident
    life_threat

  • Action by the authorities

  • Public prosecutor's action
    29.7.2022. - The Prosecutor's Office made a decision to dismiss the criminal charges.
  • Legal status of the case
    The application was rejected by the prosecutor

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

Journalist Nedim Sejdinović received threats via private message on the Facebook social network, with the following content: “Listen to me, you Turk, you’d be much better off closing your pig’s mouth! You are insulting my country and religion and people and it will cost you dearly. I will take care of you now”.

The case was reported to the Special Prosecutor’s Office for the VTK in Belgrade