Country | MK |
Name and Surname | Sashka Cvetkovska |
Gender | Female |
Date | 23/08/2017 |
City / Location | Skopje |
Type of incident | Threats against the lives and limbs of journalists |
By whom | To journalists by citizens |
Name of the perpetrator | [:en]Kosta Poprizov[:] |
Type of media | online |
Media name | NovaTV |
Source | NovaTV |
Was journalist`s association informed | Yes |
What was journalists' association reaction | AJM urges the opposition to call its’ members and supporters to stop with the attacks against journalists because this kind of policy is fatal. AJM supports the fast reaction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which immediately identified the attacker, call him on questioning and announced criminal charges for violence against the attacker. |
Journalists from NovaTV were attacked while reporting on the civil initiative for gathering signatures against building refugee camps in Macedonia. The attack was done by a supporter of the initiative.