The Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (IJAS) strongly condemns the article published by Informer under the headline “N1 and One of the Blockade Leaders Join Forces! Here Is Who Is Leading the Campaign to Prove that Serbs Are a Genocidal People”, in which Mahala podcast journalist Selma Kolašinac and N1 BiH television are targeted.
The article states that “jointly, the tycoon-owned television N1 and one of the main stars and leaders of street blockades” allegedly launched an “attack on Serbia”, with the aim of “proving that Serbs are genocidal”. Informer then labels Selma Kolašinac as “one of the organisers of the blockades from Novi Pazar”, claiming that “directed by anti-Serb media such as the tycoon-owned N1”, she packed her bags and went to Srebrenica.
IJAS warns that such writing is not journalism, but dangerous targeting of a journalist, as well as a continuation of the campaign against N1 television. Kolašinac’s participation in an educational programme of the Srebrenica Memorial Centre was presented by Informer as part of a “shameful performance” and an “attack on Serbia”, in an attempt to discredit her and portray her as an enemy of the state.
It is particularly dangerous when women journalists and young people who take part in educational programmes on war crimes and dealing with the past are publicly linked to alleged “anti-Serb” activity. Such qualifications do not serve to inform the public, but rather to incite hostility, pressure and the potential endangerment of the safety of the person targeted by such an article.
IJAS reminds the public that the media have the right to report on Srebrenica, dealing with the past, war crimes and the responsibility of institutions, and that journalists, students and citizens have the right to take part in educational and public programmes without fear of being labelled enemies of Serbia.
This manner of reporting by Informer represents a continuation of the practice in which dissenters, independent media, journalists, students and activists are portrayed as traitors, foreign mercenaries or actors in alleged campaigns against the state.
IJAS calls on the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications to publicly react to such media articles, in which journalists and media workers are labelled enemies of the state and exposed to additional pressure and security risks.
Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia
Belgrade, 9 July 2026
