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Journalists and media associations and trade unions from Serbia and the region strongly condemn the brutal and unacceptable conduct of police officers towards journalists, as well as the systematic obstruction...

Media freedom in Serbia remains trapped in a downward spiral amidst record levels of physical violence against journalists, death threats and online smear campaigns, alarming levels of impunity, and tight...

The SafeJournalists Network strongly condemns the sexist and ethnically motivated insults, as well as the threats directed at Bečejski mozaik journalist Kristina Demeter Filipčev through comments on Facebook, and calls...

During the local elections in Serbia on 29 March, multiple obstructions and physical attacks on journalists by unknown individuals were documented in 10 cities and municipalities, despite them being identified...

On the day of the local elections in 10 cities and municipalities in Serbia, there were an increasing number of physical attacks on journalists and citizens. The most drastic case...

Belgrade, March 29, 2026 – The journalistic section of the Permanent Working Group for the Safety of Journalists (Stalna radna grupa – SRG) calls on the Ministry of Interior to...

The Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (IJAS) condemns the ongoing pressure and targeting of journalist Miljko Stojanović by individuals behind the Facebook page ‘Glas iz Bora’ and calls on citizens...

The Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (IJAS) strongly condemns the reporting by Informer and the Republika portal on yesterday’s tragic incident in Belgrade, in which a female student lost her...

The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, the Press Council, the Journalists’ Association of Serbia (JAS), and the Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (IJAS), having in...

The Coalition for Media Freedom expresses serious concern over the incidents that took place in Kovin and Kragujevac while journalists were reporting on the departure of supporters of the Serbian...

The National Working Group for Combating SLAPPs expresses serious concern regarding the private criminal complaint filed by the company “Millennium Team” against N1 journalist Maja Nikolić, seeking that she be...

On 26-27 March 2026, partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and of the Council of Europe Platform for the Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists will...