| Country | KO |
| Name and Surname | Korab Rexhepi |
| Gender | Male |
| Date | 12/02/2024 |
| City / Location | Prishtine |
| Type of incident | Threats against the lives and limbs of journalists |
| By whom | To journalists by citizens |
| Name of the perpetrator | M.B. |
| Type of media | Radio and television |
| Media name | DTV |
| Source | |
| Was journalist`s association informed | Yes |
| What was journalists' association reaction | The Association of Journalists of Kosovo considers these threats to be unacceptable and calls upon Kosovo Police to take appropriate action to ensure that M.B. is held accountable by the relevant authorities. Furthermore, we call upon our colleagues to report any threats or attacks they may encounter to both the AJK and the Kosovo Police. |
Korab Rexhepi, a DTV journalist, received several threatening messages from a guy with the initials M.B.
Rexhepi told the Association of Journalists of Kosovo that these threats were made after M.B.’s direct phone contact was cut short due to some banal expressions he made on the journalist’s show.
One of M.B.’s threatening messages states that the journalist “will disappear with his whole family.”
The Association of Journalists of Kosovo considers these threats to be unacceptable and calls upon Kosovo Police to take appropriate action to ensure that M.B. is held accountable by the relevant authorities.
Furthermore, we call upon our colleagues to report any threats or attacks they may encounter to both the AJK and the Kosovo Police.
