Country | SR |
Name and Surname | Vojislav Milovancevic |
Gender | Male |
Date | 21/01/2021 |
City / Location | Belgrade |
Type of incident | Threats against the lives and limbs of journalists |
Type of media | online |
Media name | Nova.rs |
Source | Nova.rs, Vojislav Milovancevic |
Was journalist`s association informed | Yes |
What was journalists' association reaction | IJAS strongly condemned threats and informed the Contact Points for the Safety of Journalists and the Permanent Working Group for the Safety of Journalists about this case. SafeJournalists Network reacted and informed relevant national and international stakeholders about this case. |
Were authorities informed? | Case was reported to the Prosecutor’s Office |
Journalist Vojislav Milovancevic received insults and threatening messages from several Twitter accounts, some of which represent a very serious and direct threat to the safety of journalists.
The threats followed the publication of an article in which the Nova.rs journalist referred to a rape case at the Orthodox Theological Faculty. One of the users called on his like-minded people to “address” Milovancevic, after which several people, under the pretext of protecting the reputation of the Serbian Orthodox Church, sent threatening and insulting messages to the journalist.