Verbal threat, Slavisa Lekic, Belgrade, 03.02.2018.

IJAS •︎ 03/02/2018

Verbal threat, Slavisa Lekic, Belgrade, 03.02.2018.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    RS
  • Gender
    Male
  • Victim(s) name
    Slaviša Lekić

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Nezavisno udruženje novinara Srbije
  • Source of information about the incident
    Nezavisno udruženje novinara Srbije

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    03.02.2018
  • City
    Beograd
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Type of incident
    Other threats to journalists

  • Action by the authorities

  • Court action
    Tužilaštvo je utvrdilo da nisu našli zakonskog osnova za pokretanje krivičnog postupka za bilo koje krivično delo koje se goni po službenoj dužnosti, već da se radi o krivičnom delu Uvreda koja se goni po privatnoj tužbi.

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    Yes

An unknown person sent to the president of the IJAS, Slavisa Lekic threatening message via Facebook. The message had the following content: “I fuck all of yours – dead or alive, you other Serbian scumbag! I fuck Bojana, who stopped your time, you sell-out. In the end – I fuck your bosses your bigheaded freak!” In October last year, the same person sent Lekic messages with similar content.

‘Other Serbians’  is a pejorative term for Serbian intellectuals who established communication with Croatian intellectuals during the war in the nineties. It is used by right wing groups to insult those who don’t share their values.