Abuse of Journalists Rarely Punished by Serbian Courts: Report
Cenzolovka 23.02.2021 | Milica Stojanović
Only one in ten criminal complaints about threats to or attacks on journalists results in a court verdict, and any sentences are mostly suspended, says a new report by a Serbian media freedom NGO.
Photo: Pixabay A report analyzing court cases for crimes against journalists, published on Tuesday by the Belgrade-based Slavko Curuvija Foundation and Centre for Judicial Research, says that on average, only one in ten criminal complaints about threats to or attacks on journalists results in a court verdict. The report, entitled ‘Protection of Freedom of Speech in the Judicial System of Serbia’, analyzed 20 court cases dating from 2017 and 2020 that involved the
