Attacks on media outlets and organisations, RTV Budva, Budva, 08.04.2021.

TUMM •︎ 09/04/2021

Attacks on media outlets and organisations, RTV Budva, Budva, 08.04.2021.

Translations: Podgorica 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Podgorica
  • Who was attacked?
    Group
  • Group members' names and surnames
    RTV Budva

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    RTV Budva
  • Type of media platform
    Radio
  • Source of information about the incident
    RTV Budva

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    08.04.2021
  • City
    Budva
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Type of incident
    Attacks on media outlets and organizations
  • Type of attack
    Other attacks

  • Action by the authorities

  • Public prosecutor's action
    Nema elemenata izvršenja bilo kojeg krivičnog djela koje se goni po službenoj dužnosti.

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

The RTV Budva team was attacked on April 8, 2021, around noon, at the roundabout at the entrance to Budva during the traffic blockade due to the announced change of the Decision on the criteria for acquiring Montenegrin citizenship. According to the testimonies of colleagues, a group of people stopped the RTV Budva team at the blockade, which was returning from work, not allowing them to pass. On that occasion, they behaved inappropriately, hit the official car and threatened to even come to RTV Budva.

The commander of the Security Center (SC) Budva Dejan Rakocevic who, at the request of the journalist team to be allowed to pass, said that they were consulting with those who forbade the passage of vehicles and attacked the car of RTV Budva.