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IJAS: President Vučić to Apologize for Insulting Journalists and to Stop Putting Pressure on Public Media Service

Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (IJAS) condemns the statement of the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, in which he insults RTS (Radio and Television of Serbia) correspondents from Niš, Dejan...

Coalition for Media Freedom Sent Open Letter to Minister Dejan Ristić: Extend Deadlines for Media Competitions

Open letter of the Coalition for Media Freedom   For the Minister of Information and Telecommunications, Mr. Dejan Ristic   The Coalition for Media Freedom hereby wishes to point out...

SafeJournalists: Condemnation of Social Media Smear Campaign, Sexist Attacks, and Threats to Journalists’ Safety in North Macedonia

The SafeJournalists Network strongly denounces the orchestrated smear campaign on social media targeting journalists and media outlets in North Macedonia. This campaign, led by former national television editor Dragan Pavlovich...

SafeJournalists: Attacks on Journalists in Serbia Continue, They Urgently Need Protection

The SafeJournalists network is concerned about the pressures and attacks that have been happening for the past few days and are aimed at the media and journalists in Serbia.  ...

NGO: Authorities in Serbia Use the Opportunity to Deal With Non-governmental Organizations That Have Been Pointing to Corruption, Law-breaking and Human Rights Violations for Years

We strongly condemn today’s invasion of the premises of non-governmental organizations by armed police without a proper court order.   The Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade announced today that...

IJAS: Harassment and Detention of Journalists in Novi Sad is Unacceptable

The Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (IJAS) condemns the harassment and locking of journalists in the city assembly in Novi Sad.   As reported by the media, the persons who...

Coalition for Media Freedom and AIEM: Institutions Immediately to Solve Case of Attack on NDNV Premises

The Coalition for Media Freedom and the Association of Independent Electronic Media (AIEM) strongly condemn the attack on the premises of the Independent Journalists’ Association of Vojvodina (Nezavisno društvo novinara...

IJAS: Verdict Against Portal KRIK is Harmful to Media Freedom, it Introduces Censorship and Self-censorship

KRIK lost another lawsuit, the one initiated against the newsroom by the current Minister of Defense Bratislav Gašić, this outlet announced yesterday. The Court of Appeal confirmed the first-instance verdict...

SafeJournalists: Officials in Serbia to stop leading campaigns against journalists, authorities to respond to threats

Insults and threats were directed at the N1 television crew at the meeting held on Saturday in Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia, which was organized by the ruling Serbian Progressive Party on...

SafeJournalists and MFRR: Urgent need for a swift and thorough investigation into intelligence and police invasive surveillance of journalists and sources in Serbia

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners join the SafeJournalists Network (SJN), in expressing serious concern over the revelations in Amnesty International’s forensic analysis, exposing the invasive use of spyware...

Journalists and media associations: Students now teach us the basic postulates of journalism

Journalists and media associations invite all their colleagues to support journalism students in front of their faculty (Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš) at 11:52 a.m. on Friday, December 20, and thus...

IJAS: We Call on Prosecution to Determine Who is Responsible for Misuse of Digital Forensic Tools and Monitoring of Journalists and Activists

A new report by Amnesty International indicates the widespread use of spyware against activists, journalists and members of civil society by the police and the Security Information Agency (BIA) in...