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.
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31. jul 2020.
Reactions to the state’s intention to check government critics’ bank accounts
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.
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31. jul 2020.
28 journalists, photographers and cameramen were attacked or obstructed during protests
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.
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30. jul 2020.
Statement on AMLU’s CSO investigation
The United States is concerned by the appearance of a selective investigation into several Serbian civil society organizations and investigative journalism outlets.
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30. jul 2020.
Amnesty Urges Serbia to Drop Probe Into Critical NGOs
Amnesty International and the European Commission have expressed deep concern about what Amnesty called Serbia's ‘intimidating’ investigation into the finances of 57 NGO and individuals in Serbia – including BIRN.
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28. jul 2020.
Serbian Authorities Seek Bank Data of Rights Groups, Investigative Media
A department of Serbia’s finance ministry tasked with tackling money laundering and terrorism financing has asked banks to hand over data about the transactions of dozens of individuals and NGOs known for their work on human rights, transparency and exposing corruption.
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15. jul 2020.
Prosecutor asks Court of Appeal to pass final verdict against those accused of murdering Slavko Ćuruvija
Speaking at a public session, Milenko Mandić, Deputy Prosecutor for Organised Crime, asked the Court of Appeal to overturn the first-instance verdict in the case of the murder of journalist and publisher Slavko Ćuruvija. During the presentation of the appeal against that verdict, the deputy prosecutor asked the court to open a hearing in this process and pass a final verdict.
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15. jul 2020.
Attacks on journalists during reporting from anti-government protests
During the anti-government protests that began in Belgrade on 7th July and spread to other cities across Serbia, more than 20 attacks were recorded on journalists, cameramen and photo-reporters.
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15. jul 2020.
Legal assistance for journalists reporting on protests in Serbian cities
After the first reports of attacks against journalists reporting on anti-government protests, the Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation called on journalists, photo-reporters and cameramen reporting from the protests in Serbian cities to contact the Foundation if they suffered violence, threats, intimidation or other forms of suppression preventing them from doing their job.
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10. jul 2020.
BIRN has mapped numerous incidents of police brutality during protests on Tuesday and Wednesday in Serbia. Journalists and women were not spared.
EXPLORE MAP Via TV footage and social media posts, BIRN has documented more than 26 cases of police brutality on the streets of Belgrade during clashes with protesters this week. They include incidents of police violence against civilians, men and women, posing no apparent threat, as well as against journalists. The material reviewed by BIRN shows that most…
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10. jul 2020.
Numerous journalists beaten and attacked covering Serbia protests
IPI urges police and protesters to ensure safety of media covering clashes
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10. jul 2020.
Journalists attacked, harassed while covering anti-lockdown protests in Serbia
Serbian authorities should quickly and thoroughly investigate attacks on journalists covering anti-government protests in the country, and bring those responsible to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
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06. jul 2020.
IPI closely watching re-trial decision for murder of Serbian journalist Slavko Ćuruvija
Hopes initial landmark convictions will not be overturned
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05. jul 2020.
Desir: The exceptionally important decision of the Higher Court, the crime has to be punished
“It is of the utmost importance that all those involved in this heinous crime do not go unpunished,” says Harlem Desir, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media in the statement for Cenzolovka, adding that his Office will closely follow the trial that will start on 7 July at the Court of Appeals.
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05. jul 2020.
Dunja Mijatović: The verdict for the murder of Ćuruvija is one of the most important decisions for the safety of journalists in recent decades
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic in the statement for Cezolovka says that she cannot stress enough the importance of bringing the case of Slavko Curuvija killing to prompt and justly closure.
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02. jul 2020.
Serbia and Montenegro: Are judges protecting journalists or their aggressors?
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the judicial authorities in Serbia and Montenegro to combat impunity in two cases in Belgrade – the appeal by those convicted of murdering a journalist in 1999 and the trial of those accused of setting fire to a journalist’s home in 2018 – and to guarantee due process in the retrial of a journalist on absurd drug-trafficking charges in Podgorica.
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30. jun 2020.
Physical and verbal assaults on journalists during elections
In the build up and during the course of the general elections in Serbia, which were held on 21st June, physical and verbal attacks against journalists were recorded, as well as intimidation and discrimination.
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30. jun 2020.
Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation: we expect confirmation of the verdict for the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija
The Slavko Curuvija Foundation announced that it expects the Appellate Court to confirm the first-instance verdict for the 1999 murder of journalist and publisher Slavko Ćuruvija, with which four former members of the State Security service were sentenced to a total of 100 years in prison.
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30. jun 2020.
Millions of dinars of public money for media that violate Journalists’ Code
In almost every third funding contest for co-financing media content in 2019, the money was awarded to media that violated the Journalists' Code, once or on multiple occasions, according to research carried out by the Press Council.
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25. jun 2020.
Veran Matic: It would be dangerous to start the trial for the murder of Curuvija all over again, that would turn it into a farce
Opting for a retrial and a new evidentiary procedure would be a paradox - to prove what has already been proven. In fact, the point would be for all first-instance convicts to remain at large, Veran Matic, Chairman of the Commission for investigating the killings of journalists, told Cenzolovka, reiterating that the deep state governed by elements of the secret services is very strong