SEEMO concerned about threats to journalists

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) has expressed concerned about threats that prevented journalists in Serbia from reporting on local elections.

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Wednesday, 18.12.2013.

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VIENNA The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) has expressed concerned about threats that prevented journalists in Serbia from reporting on local elections. Local sources told SEEMO that individuals in Backi Gracac, in the country’s north, tried to attack Biljana Gavric and Lazar Vukadinovic from Belgrade’s Prva TV, and Jovana Stetin and Dejan Goljevac from Belgrade broadcaster B92, outside a polling place on December 15. SEEMO concerned about threats to journalists SEEMO, an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), noted in its statements that the journalists were covering a suspension in voting due to a reported fight between political party activists. Police protected the journalists from the would-be attackers, but then reportedly advised the journalists to leave, telling them that their safety could not be guaranteed. “We are worried that Serbian police advised the journalists to leave and that the police did not have the capacity to ensure that the journalists could do their job safely, free from pressure,” SEEMO Secretary General Oliver Vujovic said. “We also find it alarming that the attackers apparently wanted to prevent the journalists from reporting at a polling place.” SEEMO strongly condemned all forms of threats and attacks against journalists and the group called on Serbian police and prosecutors to conduct a full, swift and transparent investigation. SEEMO

SEEMO concerned about threats to journalists

SEEMO, an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), noted in its statements that the journalists were covering a suspension in voting due to a reported fight between political party activists.

Police protected the journalists from the would-be attackers, but then reportedly advised the journalists to leave, telling them that their safety could not be guaranteed.

“We are worried that Serbian police advised the journalists to leave and that the police did not have the capacity to ensure that the journalists could do their job safely, free from pressure,” SEEMO Secretary General Oliver Vujović said. “We also find it alarming that the attackers apparently wanted to prevent the journalists from reporting at a polling place.”

SEEMO strongly condemned all forms of threats and attacks against journalists and the group called on Serbian police and prosecutors to conduct a full, swift and transparent investigation.

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