Other threats to journalists, Slobodan Georgiev, Belgrade, 17.04.2019.

IJAS •︎ 17/04/2019

Other threats to journalists, Slobodan Georgiev, Belgrade, 17.04.2019.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    RS
  • Gender
    Male
  • Victim(s) name
    Slobodan Georgiev

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    BIRN
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Nezavisno udruženje novinara Srbije

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    17.04.2019
  • City
    Beograd
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Type of incident
    Other threats to journalists

  • Action by the authorities

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

The day after BIRN published photos pointing the connection between Andrej Vucic, the brother of Serbian President and controversial businessman Zvonko Veselinovic, on social networks was started a targeting campaign. In footage of malevolently edited statements of colleague Slobodan Georgiev, which has been published on Twitter last night, he was marked as “foreign mercenary”, “traitor” and associate of Albanian and Kosovo politicians. After video publishing, there were numerous comments that contained insults and threats.