Country | SR |
Name and Surname | Portal Maglocistac |
Gender | Group |
Date | 04/09/2017 |
City / Location | Subotica |
Type of incident | Threats against the lives and limbs of journalists |
Type of media | online |
Media name | Maglocistac |
Source | Maglocistac |
Judiciary status | The case is ongoing before the Prosecutor Office. |
Was journalist`s association informed | Yes |
What was journalists' association reaction | IJAS condemned the death threats and required from state authorities to act in accordance with the law. Also, Regional Platform condemned the threats. |
Were authorities informed? | Yes - Public |
Comments posted below the article on Subotica based Maglocistac web portal contain death threats to the newsroom members – that they will be “slaughtered like rabbits” and that their “tonsils will be crushed by boots.” The cause for the threats was the article “We are all Gosa workers, and all the rulers are Labans” published on 4th September that reports about death threats by Bogdan Laban, the Mayor of Subotica directed at one of his party colleagues.