Media NGOs concerned over Serbian Intelligence chief’s law suit against KRIK
N1 Info 02.06.2021 | Autor:N1 Belgrade
A group of media freedom watchdog organizations expressed concern on Wednesday over a law suit filed by the head of Serbia’s top civilian intelligence and security agency against the KRIK investigative journalism network.
A statement signed by ARTICLE 19, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), International Press Institute (IPI) and OBC Transeuropa said that “the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) is deeply concerned by the lawsuit targeted at a journalist and the editor-in-chief of the Network for Investigation of Crime and Corruption (KRIK) by the director of Serbia’s Security-Information Agency (BIA) Bratislav Gasic.
