Threats against the lives and limbs of journalists, Branka Gabrijela Valentić, Zagreb, 21.10.2016.

test_admin •︎ 21/10/2016

Threats against the lives and limbs of journalists, Branka Gabrijela Valentić, Zagreb, 21.10.2016.

Translations: Zagreb 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Zagreb
  • Gender
    Female
  • Victim(s) name
    [:hr]Branka Gabrijela Valentić[:]

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    [:hr]Hina[:]
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    [:hr]HND, novinarka[:]

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    21.10.2016
  • City
    [:hr]Zagreb[:]
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Type of incident
    life_threat

  • Action by the authorities

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

Director of Hina news agency Branka Gabriela Valentić received a threatening letter with insults.  The letter is signed by a HOS-member (with ustaša salute “Za dom spremni”). During October and November, she received two letters, one threatening and insulting, and the other only with offensive content. Also, a member of Croatian Parliament said Valentić was “walking proof of why it was necessary to carry out lustration,”. After that, someone on his Facebook profile wrote that she needed “to be executed urgently”.