Contry | MN |
Name and Surname | Nikoleta Rakocevic |
Gender | Female |
Date | 17/11/2021 |
City / Location | Mojkovac |
Type of incident | Other threats to journalists |
By whom | To journalists by citizens |
Type of media | online |
Media name | Antena M |
Source | Antena M |
Was journalist`s association informed | No |
Were authorities informed? | Case was reported to the police |
On November 17, journalist of Antena M, Nikoleta Rakocevic was verbally assaulted while performing her work duties at the police offices in Mojkovac. Upon entering the building, journalist saw a discussion between the president of the political party URA, Ivan Ashanin, and an unknown man, which she tried to record by the phone. An unknown man began to question her in a raised voice who she was and why she was recording, and then he asked her to give him her phone in order to delete the material she had recorded. As she has refused to give him the phone, he headed towards her, but Ashanin stood between them and thus prevented man from approaching her.
In the meantime, the journalist found out that this man was a certain R. P. from Mojkovac, and she gave a statement to the police regarding the event.