Country | SR |
Name and Surname | [:en]Vladimir Zivanovic and Boris Mirkov[:rs]Vladimir Zivanovic and Boris Mirkov[:] |
Gender | Group [:en]Vladimir Zivanovic and Boris Mirkov[:rs]Vladimir Zivanovic and Boris Mirkov[:] |
Date | 17/08/2016 |
City / Location | [:en]Beograd[:rs]Belgrade[:] |
Type of incident | Other threats to journalists |
By whom | By public persons |
Type of media | |
Media name | [:en]Srpski telegraf[:rs]Srpski telegraf[:] |
Public prosecutor | The report wasn't submitted to the Prosecutor's Office. |
Was journalist`s association informed | Yes |
What was journalists' association reaction | [:en]IJAS has condemned threats against the journalists and demanded to take legal sanctions against perpetrator.[:rs]IJAS has condemned threats against the journalists and demanded to take legal sanctions against a perpetrator.[:] |
Were authorities informed? | Case was reported to the police |
Nikola Mijailovic has threatened the journalists of “Srpski telegraf” who are on Belgrade’s Ada Ciganlija examined the progress of work on the illegal construction of an aqua park, of which he is an investor. Mijailovic with two men approached to the journalist Vladimir Zivanovic and photo-reporter Boris Mirkov and started to offend them. Then, speaking to Zivanovic he imposed a direct threat to him and his family. “Do you have a family? Are you not afraid for your wife and children when doing something like this? Your wife is probably a whore and she certainly does not matter what you are doing. Are you believed in God? God gave you a second life, and you dare to come here”.