| Country | MN |
| Name and Surname | Danica Nikolic |
| Gender | Female |
| Date | 11/09/2022 |
| City / Location | Podgorica |
| Type of incident | Threats against the lives and limbs of journalists |
| By whom | To journalists by citizens |
| Type of media | online |
| Media name | M portal |
| Source | M portal |
| Legal closure | Ongoing (or case not closed) |
| Judiciary status | Ongoing before the Basic court in Podgorica. |
| Was journalist`s association informed | Yes |
| What was journalists' association reaction | SMCG condemned the attack. |
| Were authorities informed? | Case was reported to the police Case was reported to the Prosecutor’s Office Case was initiated ex officio by the Prosecutor’s Office |
The editor of the M portal, Danica Nikolic, reported on September 11 to the Podgorica Security Center that she received death threats sent to her official email address. In this case, the basic state prosecution instituted a case. As stated on the M portal, she received three emails with threatening content, in which, among other things, it is stated that she will be “hanged for example”. Threatening emails arrived from the address slaktislatka@hotmail.com.
In her statement, Nikolic stated that the reason for these threats was exclusively her professional journalistic work on the M portal.
The trial began on December 22, 2022.
