Intimidation – verbal threat, Zeljko Matorcevic, Grocka, 28.11.2014.

Intimidation – verbal threat, Zeljko Matorcevic, Grocka, 28.11.2014.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    RS
  • Gender
    Male
  • Media outlet

  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    28.11.2014
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    Authorities - individuals
  • Type of incident
    Other threats to journalists
  • Action by the authorities

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

President of Municipal Assembly of Grocka, Spasoje Zivanovic, in a telephone conversation, threatened the editor in chief of portal Nasa Grocka, Zeljko Matocevic, that he would prohibit him to attend meetings of the local parliament in the future. When the journalist said that in that case, he violate the law, Zivanovic repeated threat, adding that he was ready to pay a fine.