Threats to media and media organizations, TV E, Podgorica, 15.06.2023.

TUMM •︎ 07/07/2023

Threats to media and media organizations, TV E, Podgorica, 15.06.2023.

Translations: Podgorica 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Podgorica
  • Who was attacked?
    Group
  • Group members' names and surnames
    TV E

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    TV E
  • Type of media platform
    Radio
  • Source of information about the incident
    RTCG

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    15.06.2023
  • City
    Podgorica
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    By public official(s) and/or representative(s) of the executive power
  • Type of incident
    Threats against media outlets and organizations

  • Action by the authorities

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

Prime Minister in the technical mandate, Dritan Abazović, commented on Television E, stating that its owners are carriers of organized crime in Montenegro.

Namely, during the campaign for the parliamentary elections in Montenegro, in one of the video materials of Abazović, his underage cousin appears, which is why the Ombudsman initiated proceedings against him.

Commenting on this move by the Ombudsman in a show on the Public Service, Abazović said: “Let the Ombudsman do his job. What fascinates me most of all is that he received the report from Television E, whose owners are people whom I claim are the carriers of organized crime in Montenegro. The Ombudsman may not mind that a media outlet is financed by drug cartels.”