The Slavko Curuvija Foundation, created in the memory of a famous murdered journalist, has condemned what it calls the orchestrated targeting of critical voices in the media, the arts and the NGO field – saying it fears this could end in violence.
CPJ’s 2020 Global Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and their killers go free. The case of Slavko Ćuruvija is a very important for CPJ, says CPJ’s Europe and Central Asia program coordinator Gulnoza Said
The Appeals Court in Belgrade reversed and remanded a lower court decision convicting four members of the Serbian State Security services of murdering journalist Slavko Curuvija. After hearing testimony from over 100 witnesses, the High Court determined that Curuvija had been labelled as an “enemy of the State,” that data collected from mobile phone towers placed three of the defendants in close proximity to Curuvija at the time of the killing, and that the killers, in cooperation with an unidentified shooter, were acting on orders from the highest echelons of the Serbian government. The Appeals Court argued that no evidence of an unidentified shooter was presented during the trial and therefore the conviction was flawed. The case was sent back to the High Court for reconsideration or retrial and hearings are scheduled for 5, 6, and 9 October 2020.
Peter Bárdy, editor in chief of the portal for which the murdered journalist Ján Kucijak worked talks to Cenzolovka about his colleague who investigated embezzlement of public money and mobsters with political connections
The Court of Appeal in Belgrade has overturned the first-instance verdict against those accused of murdering journalist and publisher Slavko Ćuruvija, returning the case to the first-instance court for a new trial.
The First Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade has rejected criminal charges filed by investigative journalism portal KRIK and journalist Bojana Pavlović against unknown men who snatched Pavlović's phone after she took photographs of Danilo Vučić, the son of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, in the company of Aleksandar Vidojević, who has been identified by police as a member of one of the largest criminal gangs in the Balkans.
The European Journalism Centre and renowned American portal Poynter have published analysis authored by journalist Tara Kelly highlighting the way Cenzolovka and the Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation reacted during the Coronavirus epidemic and how they found a way to help local media outlets that are increasingly under threat of closure.
The Serbian non-profit site dedicated to media and free speech used satire and small pots of money to strengthen local media during the global pandemic
An appeals court in Serbia has overturned four convictions linked to the 1999 murder of news publisher Slavko Curuvija and ordered a retrial, local media reported on September 7.
The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today expressed dismay after a court in Belgrade overturned the convictions of those found guilty of the 1999 murder of Serbian journalist Slavko Ćuruvija and ordered a retrial.
The Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation was unpleasantly surprised with the decision of the Court of Appeal – five and a half years after the start of this process – to overturn the first-instance verdicts in the murder of journalist Slavko Ćuruvija and to return the case for a new trial.
There is no longer an option to dispute. Everyone lives in their own bubble, engaged with their own "truth." So propaganda becomes not just a political tool but a part of a constructed reality, a reality beyond just slogans, speeches, posters, parades and so on. Today, what's a one man's propaganda is another man's truth, says Nina L. Khruscheva, a granddaughter of the former Soviet leader who got her Ph.D. in Princeton and now teaches in New York City. She spoke with Cenzolovka about media and propaganda, topics which are very relevant today and not only when it comes to the U.S. – Russia relations
The resumption of the trial against those accused of firebombing the house of journalist Milan Jovanović in December 2018 turned into the humiliating and ridiculing of the victims, writes Cenzolovka.
The director of local television company Sandžak TV, Salahudin Fetić, and his associate, Asmir Bihorac, were attacked in Novi Pazar by Adis Murić and Vladimir Kljajić, according to a report by Sandžak Press.
Around 200 employees of Radio-Television Vojvodina (RTV) who were hired via the national employment agency lost their jobs after 30th August.
In the interview for Cenzolovka, CPJ’s Europe and Central Asia program coordinator Gulnoza Said says that she is often focused on Serbia more than to other European and Balkan countries, and “not in a good way.” She also said that she had noticed a greater number of media violations
The Directorate for the Prevention of Money Laundering at the Ministry of Finance has compiled a list of media workers, non-governmental organisations and civil society associations and asked banks to inspect all their transactions since 1st January 2019. Prompted by suspicions of possible money laundering or the financing of terrorists, the investigation encompasses 20 individuals and 37 organisations or associations.
The state's intention to check the banking transactions of individuals and organisations caused alarm bells to ring with many people for two reasons: due to the actual names featured on the list, which includes investigative journalists and investigative media companies, but also organisations that criticise government moves; and also because of the lack of an official explanation of the basis upon which possible money laundering is suspected.
Twenty-eight of the journalists, cameramen and photojournalists who reported from the week-long protests in Belgrade and other cities in Serbia were attacked or obstructed in their work either by protesters or police. A total of 14 of them were injured, with six requiring emergency medical assistance.
The United States is concerned by the appearance of a selective investigation into several Serbian civil society organizations and investigative journalism outlets.
