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IJAS: Condemnation of obstructing the work of journalist Dejan Kozul

Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia condemns the obstruction of the work of journalist Dejan Kozul, who reported from Kosovo before the elections. According to him, while he was filming on...

Coalition for Access to Justice: Eliminate of shortcomings in the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance

BELGRADE, 12.02.2020 – The Coalition for Access to Justice hereby requests from the Government of the Republic of Serbia to remove without delay the shortcomings in its work on amending...

Serbia: MFRR urges the Serbian judiciary to ensure access to justice in the case of journalist Milan Jovanovic

BELGRADE, 10.02.2020. – The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) urges the Second Basic Court in Belgrade to ensure access to justice in the case of Serbian journalist Milan Jovanovic, who...

IJAS: An appeal to calm passions in the media environment

BELGRADE, 10.02.2020 – Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia condemns the threats and insults directed at Gordana Uzelac from Pink TV. We call on the institutions to react and the authorities...

IJAS: Strong support for journalists in Belarus

BELGRADE, 09.02.2020. – Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia gives support to independent journalists and media in Belarus, and calls on the Belarusian authorities to stop torturing them. Belsat journalists Catarina...

IJAS: The announced agreement between Telekom and Telenor endangers media pluralism in Serbia

IJAS expresses serious concern over the announced agreement between the state company Telekom Srbija and the mobile operator Telenor, owned by the PPF investment fund, which could further disrupt media...

International mission is assessing the state of media freedom in Serbia

An online international mission to assess the state of media freedom and the safety of journalists in Serbia is taking place from 28 January to 1 February 2021. The mission...

Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia strongly condemns the threats made to the journalist of the Nova.rs portal, Vojislav Milovancevic, and calls on the competent authorities to react urgently

Namely, on Thursday evening, Milovancevic received insults and threatening messages from several Twitter accounts, some of which represent a very serious and direct threat to the safety of journalists. The...

IJAS: Disapproval of threats addressed to the editorial office of Zoomer

IJAS strongly disapproves of the threat, written in a direct message to the Instagram account of Zoomer, and calls on the authorities to react. After the Zoomer portal published the...

IJAS: Concerns over the persecution of journalist Jelena Zoric

IJAS expresses deep concern over the pressure on N1 journalist Jelena Zoric, since Svetislav Bojic, the lawyer of the first defendant in the “Jovanjica” case – Predrag Koluvija, filed a...