Attacks on media and media organizations, ZËRI Newspaper, Prishtina, 02.04.2020.

AJK •︎ 02/04/2020

Attacks on media and media organizations, ZËRI Newspaper, Prishtina, 02.04.2020.

Translations: Pristina 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Pristina
  • Who was attacked?
    Group
  • Group members' names and surnames
    Gazeta ZËRI

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Gazeta ZËRI
  • Type of media platform
    Printed Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Asociacioni i Gazetarëve të Kosovës - AGK

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    02.04.2020
  • City
    Prishtina
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Type of incident
    Attacks on media outlets and organizations

  • Action by the authorities

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

During March 2020, ZËRI newspaper fired more than twenty journalists, redactors and other media workers.

Among the dismissed are three journalists and one editor and, while according to our colleagues, two of the journalists are pregnant.

They were informed about the discontinuation of their employment via email sent by the director of ZËRI newspaper, which in public opinion has been interpreted as a violation of the Labor Law, specifically provisions that are provide for the termination of employment.

Association of Journalists of Kosovo – AJK reacted publicly for this way of acting by the media and has been described as inappropriate treatment for the community of journalists.