Verbal threat, Olivera Kovacevic, Belgrade, 21.04.2018.

Verbal threat, Olivera Kovacevic, Belgrade, 21.04.2018.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    RS
  • Gender
    Female
  • Victim(s) name
    Olivera Kovačević
  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Radio Televizija Srbije
  • Type of media platform
    Radio
  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    21.04.2018
  • City
    Beograd
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    Authorities - individuals
  • 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

Vojislav Seselj, the leader of the Serbian Radical Party and a member of the Serbian Parliament, in the tabloid Informer challenged Kovacevic’s right to talk about violence against women, he insults her and then added: “She allows herself something that nobody else would ever do. She will bear responsibility, eventually. I will punish her, personally …“