Year after arrest, Serbia’s reporter says she still feels mild PTSD
N1 Info 02.04.2021 | Autor:Julijana Mojsilović
A day after receiving the 'Journalist of the Year' award by the Vojvodina Society of Independent Journalists (NDNV), Ana Lalic of the Nova.rs website told N1 on Friday, she still felt symptoms of a mild PTSD after the night in a cell, but more after months of threats and insults she suffered.
On the first anniversary of her arrest for „spreading panic during the state of emergency“ in Serbia in the first months of the coronavirus pandemic, NDNV awarded her for defending the public’s right to be informed about the coronavirus uncompromisingly. Lalic wrote about the Vojvodina Clinical Centre situation, citing inside sources who said they worked under dire conditions due to the shortage of equipment necessary for treating highly contagious COVID-19