Attacks on journalists, Bojana Pavlovic, Belgrade, 10.06.2020.

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    An unknown man confiscated the phone of the journalist of the portal KRIK, Bojana Pavlovic, at around ten o’clock in the evening on June 10, after she photographed the son of the President of Serbia, Danilo Vucic, watching a football derby in a cafe in Belgrade in the company of Aleksandar Vidojevic. As confirmed to IJAS, Bojana Pavlovic noticed them sitting together in a cafe, took photos of them from the street, and left. She was soon stopped by three men who introduced themselves as officials. Pavlovic showed her journalist ID, but they told her that she had to wait for the patrol and that she would “most likely be detained”. The police officers were then joined by two other unknown men and one of the newcomers snatched her phone from her hand, to which the police officers not only did not react but, according to the journalist, moved away from the scene almost imperceptibly. After a short discussion, her phone was returned to her, but only after it was approved by Aleksandar Vidojevic, who also approached the journalist Pavlović.

    The KRIK journalist writes articles about the war of criminal clans in Serbia and Montenegro. Vidojevic is being tried for demolishing a nightclub, and according to KRIK, he is noted in the Serbian police base as a member of the Montenegrin Kavac clan.

    The case is an example of well-founded suspicions of committing various acts, but also of a severe form of pressure on journalist Bojana Pavlovic. The competent authorities and the Permanent Working Group for the Safety of Journalists were informed about the incident.