Serbia

Serbia: the Coalition for Women Journalists interviews Gordana Bjeletić who received death threats

26/01/2021

Gordana Bjeletić and her colleagues were targeted with death threats, CFWIJ spoke to her after filing a complaint about the brutal attacks to the police

Human Rights Defenders in the Western Balkans. Intimidation instead of Recognition

This landmark report by Civil Rights Defenders explores how human rights defenders face intimidation instead of recognition in the six Western Balkan states

Convictions overturned and retrial ordered for murder of Serbian journalist Ćuruvija

09/09/2020

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today expressed dismay after a court in Belgrade overturned the convictions of those found guilty of the 1999 murder of Serbian journalist Slavko Ćuruvija and ordered a retrial

MAPPING MEDIA FREEDOM: a Four-Month Snapshot

Overview and data analysis of the monitoring activity of the Media Freedom Rapid Response from March to June 2020

Serbia: authorities launched a financial investigation into journalists, media and civil society organisations

30/07/2020

Article 19, as part of the Media Freedom Rapid Response, expresses concern for a financial probe launched by Serbian authorities. The investigation could be an abuse of legal mechanism in order to exert pressure on the critical voices

Serbia: no more attacks and threats to journalists covering protests

14/07/2020

Alarmed by the increasing violence that police uses against reporters and media workers, the partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) ask Nebojša Stefanović, Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia, to ensure all police officers and ministry personnel do not attack journalists, but protect them from other threats

Safety of Journalists: Recommendations to the UK Government

29/06/2020

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) outlines examples of good practice from across EU Member States and Candidate caountries that can be incorporated into the approach of the UK National Committee and Action Paln for the Safety of Journalists. Here the full text

Captured News Media: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro

An analysis of media capture by state-powers and its impact on media freedom in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia

CPJ database on jailed journalists

Since 2000, CPJ compiles detailed records on journalists being held in custody by government authorities across the world

Milan Pantić

The article Milan Pantić has been created during the Wiki4MediaFreedom edit-a-thon in Belgrade.