{"id":10066,"date":"2025-02-03T13:17:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T12:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/?p=10066"},"modified":"2025-02-03T13:17:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T12:17:29","slug":"attacks-against-journalists-during-protests-physical-assaults-campaigns-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/en\/attacks-against-journalists-during-protests-physical-assaults-campaigns-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"Attacks against journalists during protests: Physical assaults, campaigns, threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>February 3, 2025<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>There have been at least 14 cases of journalists being physically assaulted since the student and citizen protests in Serbia started back in November 2024, as well as numerous death threats and insults, and even a campaign against journalists mounted by pro-regime media outlets and on social networks.<\/h2>\n<p>During an opposition protest in Novi Sad in January, police forcibly ejected five journalists and videographers from the building of City Hall.<\/p>\n<p>A graffiti campaign is being led against Zoran Kesi\u0107, one of Serbia\u2019s most popular TV presenters, with the streets of Belgrade city centre decorated with hundreds of graffiti signs opposing him.<\/p>\n<p>Two journalists of pro-regime daily newspaper Ve\u010dernje Novosti have been fired after announcing their support for the student protests.<\/p>\n<p>Journalism professor Dinko Gruhonji\u0107 has had to call on the Croatian authorities to protect his son, who is studying in Zagreb. The Gruhonji\u0107s became the target of a campaign during which Serbian President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 and pro-regime media announced that both father and son were cooperating with the Croatian intelligence service.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh death threats have also been received by Nenad Kula\u010din and Marko Vidojkovi\u0107, authors of a podcast that airs on independent channel TV Nova S.<\/p>\n<p>Serbian Finance Minister Sini\u0161a Mali, one of President Vu\u010di\u0107\u2019s closest associates, was leaving a restaurant in Belgrade city centre when the guests started chanting \u201cLong live the students!\u201d. He responded by showing them the middle finger.<\/p>\n<p>Journalist Danica Ili\u0107, who recorded the incident and sought a statement from Mali, had her telephone snatched and later left on a window box in the street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 3, 2025 There have been at least 14 cases of journalists being physically assaulted since the student and citizen protests in Serbia started back in November 2024, as well as numerous death threats and insults, and even a campaign against journalists mounted by pro-regime media outlets and on social networks. During an opposition protest in Novi Sad in January, police forcibly ejected five journalists and videographers from the building of City Hall. 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