The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) said that Kosovo police officers recorded a commemoration for 2 Serb journalists who disappeared during the war.
“Journalists who attended the commemoration of the anniversary of the disappearance of Radio Priština journalists Ranko Perenić and Đura Slavuj on August 21 were recorded by plainclothes police officers, and one member of the police had a clearly visible emblem of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) on his mobile phone while he was filming them, as seen in the footage provided to ANEM by the Media Center from Čaglavica,” the press release said. Perenic and Slavuj disappeared during the Kosovo war and were never found.
It quoted Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) chief Zivojin Rakocevic who said that “Serbs, Albanians, and foreigners understand that the abduction of Perenić and Slavuja was carried out by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA)”. “We spoke about this, about the conspiracy of silence and impunity, and then later we realized and confirmed that we were being recorded by plainclothes police officers one of who was recording us with his mobile phone and clearly visible KLA insignia. Not understanding what was happening, we invited them to join us for a group photo. Only after the event did we ask them which editorial office they were from, and they had to respond that they were police,” he said.
He said the journalists present at the commemoration now fear indictments for hate speech by the Kosovo judiciary.
Source: N1
