| Country | KO |
| Name and Surname | Taulant Osmani |
| Gender | Male |
| Date | 11/11/2017 |
| City / Location | Gjilan |
| Type of incident | Other threats to journalists |
| By whom | To journalists by citizens |
| Type of media | online |
| Media name | www.kallxo.com |
| Source | Journalist |
| Public prosecutor | Ordered |
| Was journalist`s association informed | Yes |
| What was journalists' association reaction | Association of Journalists of Kosovo condemn the verbal threat against BIRN journalist, Taulant Osmani that occurred in city centre. AJK asks from relevant institutions to investigate the case as soon as possible. AJK learns that a suspect of attack is arrested and was put under 48 hours arrest. |
| Were authorities informed? | Yes - Police Yes - Public |
BIRN’s journalist, Taulant Osmani was verbally attacked by several protestors while hew was covering a protest in city centre of Gjilan. The protest involved two divisive groups related to the removal of the statue of WWII soldier, to be replaces by a Kosovo Albanian nationalist figure and guerilla fighter, Idriz Seferi. Osmani was verbally threatened, insulted and pushed, and there was an attempt of attack by several protestors. The protest was called by a civil society in Gjilan against the removal of the statue of the partisan so-called as “Falling Soldier”. Kosovo police identified one of the suspect and put him under 48 hours of detention.
