Actual Attacks to Fax News 03/12/2021, Vora

Translations: Tirana 

• Case info

• Personal info

• Regional center

  Tirana
• Who was attacked?

  Group
• Group members' names and surnames

  Fax News

• Media outlet

• Name of the media outlet

  Fax News
• Type of media platform

  Radio
  Printed Media
  Online Media
  
• Source of information about the incident

  Fax News

• Incident Data

• Date of incident

  03.12.2021
• City

  Vore
• Perpetrator(s)

  Known (suspected)
• Attacked by

  Authorities - individuals
  
• 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

Protest in Vora, representatives of the municipality do not allow Fax News to cover the protest.

Fax News was in Vora where residents were protesting for a road segment that was in poor condition. However, representatives of the municipality did not allow the residents to hold their protest and prevented the film crew of Fax News from covering the protest because, according to them, this issue should not have appeared in the media.

Fax News team was in Vora, a municipality close to capital city Tirana, where residents were protesting for a road segment (street Hoxha Tahsim) that was in poor condition. However, representatives of the municipality – who were present while the journalist was reporting – did not allow the residents to hold their protest. As it can be seen on the video, they tried to prevent Fax News journalist Jonida Omeri and her team from covering the protest because, according to them, this issue should not have appeared in the media. A man can be seen on the video trying to prevent the journalist from reporting.