Serbia: Continued attacks against journalists must stop
Cenzolovka 05.06.2024
The SafeJournalists network, Media Freedom Rapid Response partners, and Coalition for Media Freedom condemn the ongoing attacks on journalists in Serbia. This growing pressure has been recently exemplified by a physical attack on journalist Vuk Cvijić, and the demand for prison sentences for the journalists of the media outlets KRIK and Pištaljka. We call on the authorities to prioritize addressing the rise in attacks against the press and to genuinely commit to improving the safety of journalists.
Radar weekly journalist Vuk Cvijić was attacked on 29 May in Belgrade by Milan Lađević, co-owner of the publisher of the pro-government tabloid Srpski telegraf. The police documented the incident and the chief public prosecutor of the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade, Nenad Stefanović, ordered the First Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office to investigate and establish all the circumstances of this case. Cvijić told the media that Lađević was sitting in a