Threats to the physical safety of journalists, journalist and cameraman of Tanjug, Belgrade, September 17, 2022.

IJAS •︎ 17/09/2022

Threats to the physical safety of journalists, journalist and cameraman of Tanjug, Belgrade, September 17, 2022.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Group
  • Group members' names and surnames
    Novinar i snimatelj Tanjuga

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    TV N1
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    TV N1

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    17.09.2022
  • City
    Beograd
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Type of incident
    Actual attacks on journalists
  • Type of attack
    attack_physical_harm

  • Action by the authorities

  • Public prosecutor's action
    31.10.2022. - The Prosecutor's Office made an official note that there is no place to initiate criminal proceedings.
  • Legal status of the case
    The application was rejected by the prosecutor

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

A journalist and cameraman from Tanjug were attacked while reporting on the gathering of citizens in front of the St. Sava Temple. A young man with a hood and a mask on his face approached the Tanjug team and started threatening them and asking them to stop filming, and at one point pushed him. One of them addressed the Tanjug journalist: “Come on, stop it, stop it now”, while the journalist was on the phone with the newsroom. While another young man with a hood joined in the verbal attack on the Tanjug team and said that they were going to film “f*gots” in front of the Constitutional Court.