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The escalation of threats and violence suffered by journalists in Novi Sad, northern Serbia, has reached an unprecedented level in the past fortnight. The undersigned organisations urge the Serbian authorities...

At today’s press conference Prime Minister Edi Rama refused to answer journalist’s Ambrozia Meta questions and inappropriately tried to touch her cheek.   After a meeting with district political leaders...

Institutional pressures are a form of a threat that most journalists in Serbia often and regularly encounter in their work (46.2%), followed by economic pressures or job insecurity (40.2%). 29.9%...

The SafeJournalists Network strongly condemn the life-threatening email sent to Isa Myzyraj, a journalist at Ora News and an activist of human rights in Albania.   This alarming incident occurred...

Over the past few days, several journalists in Serbia have been continuously insulted, threatened live, by phone or through messages on social networks, and some have been the target of...

On the International Women’s Day, the SafeJournalists Network points out that the position of women journalists in the Western Balkans remains difficult. Although women journalists usually work under similar conditions...

The SafeJournalists Network expresses its profound concern and dismay over the continued and intensified smear campaign against Ola Xama, an investigative journalist in Albania.   Despite previous calls (here, here,...

SafeJournalists Network and the Media Freedom Rapid Response strongly condemn the behavior of the local authorities in Indjija, who forcibly removed the journalist Verica Marincic from the municipality building and...

Franjo Sarcevic, the editor of the portal Prometej, received a series of threats, insults and became the target of hate speech on social networks, as well as media harassment, after...

The Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (IJAS) condemns the behavior of the local authorities in Indjija and Loznica, who prohibit journalists from attending events of interest to the public, as...

The Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (IJAS) appeals to the members of the commission in charge of evaluating project proposals for co-financing media content in Novi Pazar to distribute funds...

N1 newsroom received death threats last night in comments on the website.   In addition to many insults, targeting as traitors and threats that “they know where they (journalists) live...