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Urgent message to Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Prime Minister Ana Brnabič
Dear Mr. President, dear Ms. Prime Minister
We urge the Serbian authorities to defend the rights of journalists, editors and broadcasters to do their jobs without intimidation.
We call on politicians in Serbia to guarantee that all broadcasters can work independently without political interference and we ask the public broadcaster to respect the Serbian Code of Professional Ethics in reporting and report about all public events and protests in an impartial, balanced and unbiased way.
We call on the protestors in Belgrade and other towns to respect the right of all journalists to do their jobs. Whatever their medium, all journalists,…