SEEMO condemns attack on journalist

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) strongly condemnsed the brutal attack on journalist Teofil Pančić of the Serbian weekly Vreme.

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Monday, 26.07.2010.

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The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) strongly condemnsed the brutal attack on journalist Teofil Pancic of the Serbian weekly Vreme. SEEMO is a Vienna-based network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in South East and Central Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI). SEEMO condemns attack on journalist Pancic was attacked by two alleged perpetrators who beat him with metal bars as he sat in a packed public transportation bus in Zemun, Belgrade. After the attack, the perpetrators fled the scene and remain at large. Pancic suffered a concussion and injuries on his right arm. SEEMO Secretary General Oliver Vujovic commented: "SEEMO strongly condemns the physical attack on Pancic and regards the attack as a flagrant violation of press freedom." "At present, the press freedom situation in Serbia remains alarming," Vujovic added. "It is very worrisome that brutal physical attacks on journalists, such as this, still occur in Serbia. It is very important not only to find the alleged perpetrators but to find out who is the master brain behind the attack." "SEEMO urges the local police authorities to carry out a thorough investigation and calls on the Serbian Minister of Interior, Ivica Dacic, to step up his promise of protecting journalists from threats both verbal and physical." The statement said that "SEEMO would like to remind Serbian authorities that there are still many unresolved cases of attacks on journalists stretching back to the 1990s, including the unsolved murder of journalists Dada Vujasinovic, Slavko Curuvija and Milan Pantic. Even bomb attacks in front of the apartment of Dejan Anastasijevic and the kidnapping case of Dusan Reljic, who were both also working for Vreme".

SEEMO condemns attack on journalist

Pančić was attacked by two alleged perpetrators who beat him with metal bars as he sat in a packed public transportation bus in Zemun, Belgrade. After the attack, the perpetrators fled the scene and remain at large. Pančić suffered a concussion and injuries on his right arm.

SEEMO Secretary General Oliver Vujović commented: "SEEMO strongly condemns the physical attack on Pančić and regards the attack as a flagrant violation of press freedom."

"At present, the press freedom situation in Serbia remains alarming," Vujović added. "It is very worrisome that brutal physical attacks on journalists, such as this, still occur in Serbia. It is very important not only to find the alleged perpetrators but to find out who is the master brain behind the attack."

"SEEMO urges the local police authorities to carry out a thorough investigation and calls on the Serbian Minister of Interior, Ivica Dačić, to step up his promise of protecting journalists from threats both verbal and physical."

The statement said that "SEEMO would like to remind Serbian authorities that there are still many unresolved cases of attacks on journalists stretching back to the 1990s, including the unsolved murder of journalists Dada Vujasinović, Slavko Ćuruvija and Milan Pantić. Even bomb attacks in front of the apartment of Dejan Anastasijević and the kidnapping case of Dušan Reljić, who were both also working for Vreme".

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