Country | KO |
Name and Surname | Qendresa Krelani |
Gender | Female |
Date | 12/04/2021 |
City / Location | Pristina |
Type of incident | Other threats to journalists |
By whom | By public persons |
Name of the perpetrator | Tahir Batatina |
Type of media | Radio and television |
Media name | RTK |
Source | Media |
Was journalist`s association informed | No |
What was journalists' association reaction | AJK calls upon the Football Federation of Kosovo - FFK, to take action against coach Batatina for the used language, and encourages all female journalists that despite the stereotypes of the society, to not give up practicing their profession, in any field they want to report. |
Were authorities informed? | Case was not reported to the police |
The football coach, Tahir Batatina, used sexist and offensive language towards the sports journalist of RTK, Qëndresa Krelani.
Batatina during a TV show addressed the journalist with the words: “You in journalism can only peel newspapers, or clean something, but commenting football in this way no …. you are not on my level, this is not journalism, starting from your appearance … ”
The sexist, offensive and totally inadequate language used by Batatina is extremely disturbing and unacceptable. For AJK, it is not only worrying how little women are represented in the media, but also the way they are represented.
AJK calls upon the Football Federation of Kosovo – FFK, to take action against coach Batatina for the used language, and encourages all female journalists that despite the stereotypes of the society, to not give up practicing their profession, in any field they want to report.