Serbian reporter Ana Lalić on her arrest and detention over COVID-19 report
Cenzolovka 30.04.2020
On April 1, Serbian police arrested Ana Lalić, a reporter for news website Nova.rs, just hours after she published a report on chaotic conditions in a local hospital.
Ana Lalić (foto: Aleksandar Kamasi) Authorities held Lalić in custody overnight and charged her with publishing information that could incite panic, according to news reports. After European Union bodies and journalists’ groups protested Lalić’s detention, Prime Minister Ana Brnabić walked back the country’s strict rules on disseminating information relating to the pandemic, and authorities dropped the charges against Lalić on April 27, according to reports. The
