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SafeJournalists: State Officials and Politicians of North Macedonia to Stop with Unprofessional Behavior towards Journalists

For the past three weeks (from January 15 until 6th of February), state officials have displayed belittling, unprofessional, and arrogant behavior towards journalists during press conferences in North Macedonia.  ...

IJAS: Authorities to Process Threats against Journalist Gorica Nikolin

Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (IJAS) strongly condemns heinous threats to Radio 021 journalist Gorica Nikolin and calls on the Prosecutor’s Office to take all measures to find out who...

Albania: MFRR and Safe Journalist Network condemn attack on journalist Elvis Hila and his wife

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and the Safe Journalists Network today condemn the shocking physical attack on Albanian journalist Elvis Hila and his wife in Lezhë and urge state...

SafeJournalists: Albanian journalist Elvis Hila and his wife physically attacked

Two persons physically attacked journalist of Report TV Elvis Hila and his wife on Wednesday, 25th January in Lezhë, Abania.   Elvis Hila had reported for Report TV and shqiptarja.com...

SafeJournalists: Top Channel Journalist Attacked in the North of Kosovo

Top Channel journalist Leonita Bajrami was attacked in Mitrovica on 27th of December with pyrotechnic explosives while on a direct broadcast for the Top Channel morning program “Albania Live”.  ...

SafeJournalists: Journalists’ Safety Continues to be Endangered during Reporting from North of Kosovo

Teams of Kallxo.com and RTV Dukagjini were attacked while covering the events in the north of Mitrovica on December 9th and 10th. Journalist Shkodrane Dakaj and producer Valdet Salihu of...

SafeJournalists: Journalists as Defenders of Human Rights Still under Threat

In the region of the Western Balkans, we witness threats to the rights of journalists and their work almost every day. On the International Human Rights Day, 10 December, the...

SafeJournalists: Terrible Threats to Journalist Jelena Obucina in Serbia

Jelena Obucina, journalist of Nova S TV, was threatened today in direct messages on Twitter with impalement and being burned, all depicted in an atrociously sexualized context. The chilling wording...

Standing Working Group for Safety of Journalists: Improving the Standards of Telecommunications Companies in Serbia is Necessary

The Standing Working Group for the Safety of Journalists, which consists of representatives of all journalists’ associations, the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Serbia and the Ministry of...

Coalition for Media Freedom: Transferring parts of Zvezdan Jovanovic’s books discredits the work of journalists who have police protection due to their work

The Coalition for Media Freedom strongly condemns the decision of the “Informer” newspaper to publish part of the opening statement from the book “Wolf Trails” by Zvezdan Jovanovic, sentenced to...

SafeJournalists: Cameraman of “Insajderi” Portal Physically Assaulted in Kosovo

The cameraman of “Insajderi” portal, Jetmir Muji, was physically assaulted this morning in northern Mitrovica by a group of local people.   While the cameraman Jetmir Muji and a journalist...

SafeJournalists: Concerns about the Proposed Changes to Access the Information in Albania

On 19 October 2022, the Ministry of Justice published a draft law for some additions and changes in the Law no. 119/2014 “For the Right to Information”. According to the...