OSCE Media Freedom Representative welcomes court decision in Serbia convicting former state officials for killing of journalist Slavko Ćuruvija
Cenzolovka 05.04.2019
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, welcomed today’s court decision to convict the perpetrators responsible for killing one of the most prominent and critical journalists in Serbia,Slavko Ćuruvija.
The High Court in Belgrade sentenced former state security officials Radomir Marković and Milan Radonjić to 30 years in prison, and Ratko Romić and Miroslav Kurak to 20 years in prison for organizing and taking part in the murder of Ćuruvija, former owner of the newspaper Dnevni Telegrafand the weekly magazine Evropljanin, who was gunned down on 11 April 1999 in Belgrade. “I welcome this first instance court decision against those who committed
