It's a serious misuse of state resources and a sign that Vucic will use autocratic methods to attack those who pose a risk to him. In this case, the risk is the truth, as published by KRIK, says Drew Sullivan, one of the founders of OCCRP, a global investigative network that reports about organized crime and corruption, in the conversation for Cenzolovka.
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25. maj 2023.
Permanent Working Group for Safety of Journalists: Data on assaults against journalists from January to March 2023
The Permanent Working Group for Safety of Journalists (PWG), comprising representatives of six journalistic and media associations (UNS, NUNS, NDNV, AM, ANEM, and AOM), the prosecutor’s office and the police, had a regular quarterly meeting on March 24. On that occasion, current cases of threats and assaults against journalists were discussed, information was exchanged about certain older cases, as well as examples of good practice and challenges faced by the Group. The OSCE Mission to Serbia has been participating in the work of the PWG since its establishment in January 2017.
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23. maj 2023.
Serbia: IPI calls for international support for investigative media KRIK
The International Press Institute (IPI) and its global network today underscore our staunch support for the Crime and Corruption Investigative Network (KRIK) in Serbia as it faces a mounting barrage of vexatious defamation lawsuits and damaging court verdicts.
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26. apr 2023.
Serbia: Independent journalism faces biggest crisis in years
Following a visit to Belgrade on April 10 and 11 2023 to commemorate the murder anniversary of editor and publisher Slavko Ćuruvija, the International Press Institute (IPI) today joins the undersigned international press freedom and journalists’ organisations in issuing a stark warning over the state of media freedom and journalists’ safety in Serbia.
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25. apr 2023.
Media freedom in Serbia: A deepening crisis
To mark World Press Freedom Day on May 3, the MFRR is holding a webinar to take a closer look at the conditions which have allowed this hostile climate for independent media to thrive, and what can be done to address it. The webinar follows a recent mission to Belgrade, joined by MFRR partners, to mark the 24 year anniversary of the murder of leading Serbian editor and publisher Slavko Ćuruvija.
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17. apr 2023.
Serbia: Impunity continues for assassination attempt on journalist Dejan Anastasijević
No one ever held accountable for placing bomb on window of journalist’s apartment in 2007
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21. mar 2023.
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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17. mar 2023.
Serbia: more efforts needed to face the past, increase safety of journalists and human rights defenders, and protect women from violence
“It is high time for Serbia to face the legacy of the past, to protect media freedom and freedom of assembly, and to fulfil its commitments on women’s rights and gender equality” said today Dunja Mijatović, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, at the end of a visit to the country carried out from 13 to 17 March 2023.
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13. mar 2023.
Crimes against journalists go unpunished, freedom of speech targeted
"For more than two decades families have been left in the dark and those responsible for the killings, kidnappings and disappearances of our colleagues have never been held accountable. Still, to this date, no effective investigations have been held despite a raft of resolutions, pledges and declarations to put an end to impunity. It is time for the International Commission of Experts to investigate the killings, kidnappings and disappearances of journalists and media workers in Kosovo between 1998 and 2005," Anthony Bellanger, Secretary General of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).
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09. mar 2023.
COE platform records continued degradation in press freedom in 2022
Harassment, intimidation and smear campaigns have become normalised to the point where some journalists no longer even report them, with the highest number of cases recorded in Russia, Serbia, Italy, Poland, Croatia and Greece.
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06. mar 2023.
IPI closely following newspaper publisher Curuvija murder trial
The International Press Institute (IPI) said on Monday that it would closely follow the Appeals Court closing in the trial for the 1999 murder of newspaper publisher Slavko Curuvija.
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06. mar 2023.
Teresa Ribeiro on the Slavko Ćuruvija murder trial: We need to break the vicious circle of crimes and impunity
The trial for the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija will definitely be a strong test for the judicial system and democracy in Serbia. Murder of a journalist is an extreme case and the punishment should be proportional, of course. We need to break the vicious circle of crimes and impunity, says the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro, for Cenzolovka, just before the opening of the process before the Court of Appeal on Monday, 6 March.
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25. feb 2023.
New voices, new tools: how Brazil’s media are emerging from the Bolsanaro shadow
Brazil’s media needed to do something new. Looks like diversity and access by emerging voices is laying the path, writes Daniela Pinheiro.
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23. feb 2023.
One year later, Ukraine’s courageous journalists adjust to new reality (VIDEO)
Leading editors and journalists in Ukraine speak about a year of shock and resilience
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22. dec 2022.
After an increase in attacks on journalists in Kosovo, police and international forces asked to provide better protection
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the police and international security forces in Kosovo to provide journalists with better protection and to safeguard the right to information in the north of the country, where at least four media crews have been attacked by unidentified individuals since mid-November amid heightened political tension between Kosovo and neighbouring Serbia.
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20. dec 2022.
NED mourns the loss of Mirko Klarin, advocate for peace in southeast Europe
The staff and Board of Directors of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Mirko Klarin, founder and editor-in-chief of SENSE News Agency and the SENSE Transitional Justice Center—and lifelong advocate for peace in southeast Europe.
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20. dec 2022.
An update on the appeal process in Slavko Ćuruvija murder trial: Justice in limbo
Justice in Serbia for the murder of journalist Slavko Ćuruvija, journalist and publisher, founder of the newspapers "Telegraf", "Dnevni Telegraf" and "Evropljanin" has been awaited for 23 years. The Court trial has been going on for eight years. And it's not over yet. In the week of December 5, the Court of Appeal in Belgrade heard the appeals of the prosecution and the defense. Unofficially, according to daily “Politika”, the Appellate panel has just decided to open hearings over four days for submission of evidence in March of 2023. The Court of Appeal verdict would be final. A decision is pending. Justice awaits.
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08. dec 2022.
The trial for the murder of journalist Slavko Ćuruvija: Wrestling with the deep state
Slavko Ćuruvija, Serbian journalist and publisher, founder of the newspapers "Nedeljni Telegraf", "Dnevni Telegraf" and "Evropljanin" was killed on Orthodox Easter Sunday, April 11, 1999. He was shot from behind. One shot hit him in the head. The second went through his heart. A total of 17 bullets were fired at him. The killers pistol-whipped Slavko's wife Branka Prpa unconscious.
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23. okt 2022.
Greece: SLAPP award winner Grigoris Dimitriadis urged to drop defamation lawsuits
Greek PM's former general secretary wins ‘SLAPP Politician of the Year Award’
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23. okt 2022.
Malta: Court sentences hitmen to 40 years each for role in assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia
Following a guilty plea, the Criminal Court today sentenced brothers Alfred and George Degiorgio to 40 years each for their role as hitmen in the assassination of Malta’s leading investigative journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia.