Country | MK |
Name and Surname | Ibrahim Mahmut and Bljerim Uka |
Gender | Group Ibrahim Mahmut and Bljerim Uka |
Date | 02/11/2017 |
City / Location | Skopje |
Type of incident | Threats against the lives and limbs of journalists |
By whom | by policeman |
Type of media | Radio and television |
Media name | TV21 |
Source | TV21 |
Judiciary status | Delegates from AJM went to the police station where the journalists were detained for 6 hours. Representatives from OSCE arrived their request. AJM requested clarification from the Basic Public Persecutior and from the MOI. Still awaiting answer from MOI (February 2018). |
Was journalist`s association informed | Yes |
Were authorities informed? | Yes - Police |
The journalist Ibrahim Mahmut and the photo reporter Bljerim Uka, both from from TV21, were arrested by the court police during pronunciation of the verdict for the case “Divo Naselje”.