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Aleksandar Sapic, the mayor of the Serbian capital of Belgrade, has filed two separate defamation lawsuits against BIRN Serbia, its editor and journalists, claiming that their reporting damaged his reputation...
On March 23, the People’s Assembly of the Republika Srpska approved the bill on the amendments to the Criminal Code. 49 (out of 83) MPs voted in favour of the...
Today, 27 March 2023, security guard Pal Kola, 60, was shot dead by unknown assailants on the premises of the leading national TV station Top Channel, where he was stationed...
The SafeJournalists Network is alarmed by the tragic incident that occurred at Top Channel, one of Albania’s leading national TV stations and largest media companies. On March 27, 2023, at...
AlJazeera Balkans journalist Dalija Hasanbegovic – Konakovic posted on her Twitter account a series of threatening messages and those containing hate speech that individuals write under her posts on social...
One million leva (about 500,000 Euros): this is the record compensation requested in court by the Bulgarian insurance company “Lev Ins” against the online publication “Mediapool”. According to “Lev Ins”,...
Several journalists and activists were attacked in Banja Luka on the evening of March 18, in front of the office where a meeting of members of the LGBTIQ+ community from...
Last night, someone attempted to arson the garage of the editor of the public broadcaster (Radio-television Kosovo), Alban Selimi in Prishtina. Alban Selimi announced that someone tried to intimidate...
Strasbourg, 17 March 2023 – “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...
Members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the UK and Ireland, an IFJ affiliate, working across England for BBC Local will begin a 24-hour strike action from 11AM...
Following the start of the retrial last week at the Court of Appeal for the 1999 murder of Serbian editor and publisher Slavko Ćuruvija, the undesigned partners of the Media...
Defence attorney for activists and environmentalists, expert in criminal law and international cooperation, former observer abroad in trials against lawyers, passionate about fundamental rights, Nicola Canestrini has taken on the...