Country | KO |
Name and Surname | Gazeta Express |
Gender | Group |
Date | 10/10/2020 |
City / Location | Prishtina |
Type of incident | Threats against the lives and limbs of journalists |
By whom | By public persons |
Name of the perpetrator | Naser Gashi |
Type of media | online |
Media name | Gazeta Express |
Source | Gazeta Express |
Public prosecutor | The Basic Prosecution in Pristina, on 14.10.2020, has filed an indictment with a request for detention on remand towards a person with the initials N.G, in relation to the criminal offenses "threat" and "Violation of the inviolability of dwellings and buildings". The case was processed in the Basic Court in Pristina for further treatment. |
Legal closure | Ongoing (or case not closed) |
Was journalist`s association informed | Yes |
Were authorities informed? | Case was reported to the police |
The journalists of the Gazeta Express were threatened with their life on Saturday evening by Naser Gashi, known on the public as Naser Qeli.
According to the Gazeta Express, Gashi broke the door of the editorial office on Saturday evening and threatened the journalists because of an article about his ex-wife that was published by the portal.
Association of Journalists of Kosovo, through a press release has strongly condemned the threat of the journalists of Gazeta Express. For AJK, forcibly entering the newsroom and threatening to kill journalists are unprecedented actions that must be taken very seriously and receive the punishment they deserve.