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IJAS: Media-Restricted Zone? Urgent Investigation Needed into Attack on Fonet Journalist

The Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (IJAS) strongly condemns the attack on Fonet journalist Sofija Vukajlović, which occurred yesterday in front of the Serbian National Assembly, in full view of...

AIEM, JAS, IJAS and Local Press: Irregularities and Lack of Transparency in the Project Co-Financing Process

The Association of Independent Electronic Media (AIEM), the Journalists’ Association of Serbia (JAS), the Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (IJAS), and Lokal Press point out that the evaluation of media...

SafeJournalists: Situation Out of Control – Urgent Protection for Media Workers in Serbia Needed

The SafeJournalists Network strongly condemns the threats, intimidation, assaults, and detentions of journalists and other media workers reporting from protests across Serbia. We call on the relevant authorities to respond...

IJAS: Police Officers Who Assaulted Aleksa Stanković Must Be Held Accountable

The Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (IJAS) strongly condemns the brutal and unlawful actions of officers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs against photojournalist Aleksa Stanković, and demands an urgent...

SafeJournalists: Threats Against N1 Newsroom in Serbia Are a Result of Dangerous Targeting of Journalists – Authorities Must Act Urgently

The SafeJournalists Network strongly condemns the brutal threats directed at the newsroom of television station N1, as well as the public accusation by the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, who...

IJAS: Unacceptable Violence and Obstruction of Journalists During the Vidovdan Protest – Police Must Urgently Identify and Sanction Those Responsible

The Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (IJAS) strongly condemns the multiple attacks, obstructions, and intimidation of journalists who reported from yesterday’s Vidovdan protest in Belgrade. Particularly alarming is the fact...

EFJ, UNS, NUNS and Nezavisnost Union: Euronews Serbia Dismissed Journalists, Cameramen and Media Workers Who Defended the Profession

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), the Journalists’ Association of Serbia (UNS), the Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (NUNS), and the “Nezavisnost” Branch Trade Union express deep concern over the...

SafeJournalists: Targeting NUNS Is an Open Call for Violence Against Journalists in Serbia

The SafeJournalists Network strongly condemns the targeting of the Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (IJAS/NUNS) by the newly formed pro-government Association of Journalists of Serbia (AJS/ANS), which labeled NUNS as...

IJAS: Verbal Attack and Police ID Check of Journalist in Goraždevac – Concerning Pressure on Media Freedom

The Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (IJAS) expresses serious concern over yesterday’s incident in Goraždevac, where members of the Kosovo Police verbally attacked and requested identification from journalist Damjan Portić...

IJAS: We Condemn Threats Against Dragan Karalazić, Authorities Must Respond Urgently

The Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (IJAS) strongly condemns the threats directed at Dragan Karalazić, journalist of the “Podrinske” editorial team from Šabac, which were made via comments on social...

SafeJournalists Network, Coalition for Media Freedom and AIEM: We Demand Immediate Action from Serbian Authorities in Response to Brutal Threats Against Journalist Nenad Kulačin and His Daughter

The SafeJournalists Network, the Coalition for Media Freedom, and the Association of Independent Electronic Media (AIEM) strongly condemn the brutal threats made against journalist Nenad Kulačin and his daughter via...

Tabloids attack prosecutors and the Permanent Task Force on the Safety of Journalists in a campaign of fabrications

Statement by the members of the Permanent Working Group for the Safety of Journalists from Journalist and Media Associations   In the previous days, a dirty and fabricated campaign was...