Country | SR |
Name and Surname | Stefan Cvetkovic |
Gender | Male |
Date | 09/07/2018 |
City / Location | Bela Crkva |
Type of incident | Actual attacks on journalists |
Media name | Freelancer |
Source | Beta/Danas/N1 |
Article and legislation violated (nationally) | Light Bodily Injury, article 122, paragraph 2 of Criminal Code. |
Public prosecutor | Raised charges |
Legal closure | Perpatrator is convicted |
Perpatrator is convicted.Description: | S. Z. from Bela Crkva was sentenced to three months of home detention with electronic surveillance. |
Was journalist`s association informed | Yes |
What was journalists' association reaction | IJAS and IJAV welcomed the arrest of the attacker on journalist Stefan Cvetkovic and demanded to punish him in accordance with the law. |
Were authorities informed? | Case was reported to the police |
Journalist Stefan Cvetkovic was physically assaulted in front of a cafe in his home town of Bela Crkva on Monday evening. He posted a picture of himself in the emergency room on social networks.