CPJ welcomes convictions in retrial for Serbian journalist Slavko Ćuruvija’s murder
Cenzolovka 03.12.2021
In a retrial today, the Higher Court in Belgrade convicted four former Serbian state security officers of the 1999 murder of journalist Slavko Ćuruvija, owner of the mass-circulation Dnevni Telegraf, Serbia’s first private daily, and the weekly magazine Evropljanin, independent regional news website Balkan Insight reported. Ćuruvija, 51, was shot and killed on April 11, 1999, outside his home near the Yugoslav Parliament building.
“We welcome the Serbian court’s decision to convict the four perpetrators responsible for the killing of Slavko Ćuruvija, a journalist and an outspoken critic of former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic’s regime, 22 years after his murder,” said CPJ Europe Correspondent Attila Mong, in Berlin. “While the verdict is an important step in ending impunity in this case, Serbian authorities should continue to work toward complete justice by identifying those who