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SafeJournalists and MFRR Partners: Court of Appeals acquits suspects of journalist Slavko Ćuruvija’s murder

On Friday 2nd February 2024, the Belgrade Court of Appeals reversed the decision of the Special Department for Organized Crime of the High Court in Belgrade, and acquitted the four...

Kosovo: Government should withdraw highly problematic media law changes

On December 27, 2023, the Government of the Republic of Kosovo, headed by Mr. Albin Kurti, approved the Draft Law on the Independent Media Commission (IMC). The legislative proposal –...

IJAS: We Call on Director of School from Bujanovac to Withdraw Report Against Journalist from Bujanovacke

The Bujanovacke newsroom was visited yesterday by the police following a report filed against the journalist of this media, Ivana Jovanovic, by the director of the “Branko Radicevic” elementary school...

SafeJournalists: Competent Authorities in Serbia Urgently to Stop Lynching of Journalists

An orchestrated campaign against N1 television journalist Vanja Djuric and Nova S television journalist Zeljko Veljkovic has been going on for days due to comments published on the X social...

SafeJournalists: Urgently Find and Prosecute Person Responsible for Threats Against N1 Journalists in Serbia

N1 journalists received threats by email yesterday. A certain Milan M. sent a message to the N1 web newsroom in which, among other things, it was written that the day...

IJAS: Support for Journalists and Appeal to Owner of NIN to Preserve Credibility of Newspaper

Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (IJAS) sincerely regrets the events in the weekly NIN after the majority of the journalists of this newspaper announced yesterday that they had left the...

SafeJournalists: Journalist in Kosovo Prevented from Performing Her Professional Duty

One of the members of the Prime minister’s security team yesterday obstructed journalist Blerta Dalloshi – Berisha and pushed her while she was performing her duties.   In a video...

IJAS: Correction and clarification regarding the announcement of the MIA

After yesterday’s meeting with representatives of journalists’ associations, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) issued a statement highlighting the good cooperation between the two parties within the Permanent Working Group...

SafeJournalists: Condemnation of Threats and Attack on Journalists in North Macedonia and Serbia

SafeJournalists Network strongly condemns the direct threat to the life of the founder of Civil Media, Xhabir Deralla in North Macedonia, as well as the attack on N1 television journalist...

IJAS: Police to Urgently Investigate and Solve Case of Attack on Journalist Mladen Savatovic

Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (IJAS) strongly condemns the attack on N1 television journalist Mladen Savatovic that happened last night during live coverage. Also, we are concerned because the police...

Coalition for Media Freedom and SafeJournalists Network: Police not to Attack Journalists, but to Enable them to Work Safely

The Coalition for Media Freedom and the SafeJournalists Network strongly condemn attacks on journalists and the excessive use of force against citizens and by the police during yesterday’s protest in...

SafeJournalists: Dismay Regarding Seizure of Equipment of Albanian Journalist and Pressure to Reveal His Sources

SafeJournalists Network has been closely monitoring the case of Elton Qyno, a journalist with Ora News television in Albania, who was questioned for nearly seven hours on December 13, 2023,...