Dragoljub Simonovic, former mayor of Grocka, charged with the first-instance verdict for ordering burning of the house of journalist Milan Jovanovic, with lawyers Gostiljac, Vukovic, Zora Dobricanin and others, rudely domineered the trial with numerous obstructions - at hearings (when there were any) and during delays for various reasons.
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23. feb 2021.
Abuse of Journalists Rarely Punished by Serbian Courts: Report
Only one in ten criminal complaints about threats to or attacks on journalists results in a court verdict, and any sentences are mostly suspended, says a new report by a Serbian media freedom NGO.
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23. feb 2021.
Serbia: IPI welcomes guilty verdicts in Milan Jovanović case
The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed the guilty verdicts handed down to three defendants accused of ordering and carrying out an arson attack which destroyed the home of Serbian investigative journalist Milan Jovanović in 2018.
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28. jan 2021.
IPI denounces intimidation of N1 TV journalist Jelena Zorić in Serbia
The International Press Institute (IPI) today called for an immediate end to the pressure and intimidation against N1 TV journalist Jelena Zorić by the defense lawyer in a major drug trial in Serbia.
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05. dec 2020.
Serbian Journalists’ NGO Accuses Ruling MPs of ‘Lynching’ Critics
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.
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28. okt 2020.
Getting Away with Murder
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
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01. okt 2020.
The Case of Radomir Markovic and Others (Slavko Curuvija)
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.
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23. sep 2020.
While there is impunity for crimes against journalists in Serbia, in Slovakia, the killers of Jan Kuciak were convicted in just one year
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
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17. sep 2020.
Court of Appeal overturns verdict for Slavko Ćuruvija murder
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.
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17. sep 2020.
Prosecution lacks understanding for threats against female journalists
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.
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17. sep 2020.
Poynter and the European Journalism Centre highlight the experiences of Cenzolovka and the Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation during the pandemic
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.
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10. sep 2020.
COVID-19 deepened Serbia’s local media crisis. This is what Cenzolovka did to help
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
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09. sep 2020.
Serbian Court Overturns Convictions In 1999 Murder Of Milosevic Critic
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.
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09. sep 2020.
Convictions overturned and retrial ordered for murder of Serbian journalist Ćuruvija
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.
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08. sep 2020.
SĆF: Court of Appeal decision surprising, we expect new verdict to confirm sentences for criminals
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.
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05. sep 2020.
Khrushcheva: Media creates a perception of reality and people live in it rather than in their actual factual life
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
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31. avg 2020.
Trial for arson attack on journalist’s home turned into humiliation of victims
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.
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31. avg 2020.
Director of local television attacked
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.
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31. avg 2020.
Provincial public service broadcaster left without another 200 workers
Around 200 employees of Radio-Television Vojvodina (RTV) who were hired via the national employment agency lost their jobs after 30th August.
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26. avg 2020.
Gulnoza Said: For the Future of Serbia it is very important to prosecute all involved in Curuvija’s murder
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