Actual attacks on journalists, Drazen Zivkovic, Podgorica, 13.01.2020.

TUMM •︎ 13/01/2020

Actual attacks on journalists, Drazen Zivkovic, Podgorica, 13.01.2020.

Translations: Podgorica 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Podgorica
  • Gender
    Male
  • Victim(s) name
    Dražen Živković

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Portal Borba
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Mediji

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    13.01.2020
  • City
    Podgorica
  • Type of incident
    Actual attacks on journalists

  • Action by the authorities

  • Public prosecutor's action
    Prema kvalifikaciji Osnovnog državnog tužilaštva, Živković se tereti da je počinio krivično djelo izazivanje panike i nereda
  • Court action
    Nije poznato da li je sudski postupak pokrenut.

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

On January 13, journalist Drazen Zivkovic was detained because he published that there was an explosion at the official state-owned residential villa Gorica in Podgorica. Police later denied this, stating that there was no explosion, but some failure in electrical installations. Montenegrin police and the prosecution claim that Zivkovic, who was released after the hearing, caused panic and disorder with that article. Portal Borba, whose editor is he, immediately conveyed the police denial of the controversial news.

In December 2020, the prosecution rejected the criminal charges against Drazen Zivkovic, because there is no suspicion that he committed the criminal offense he was charged with.