{"id":10386,"date":"2025-08-01T13:55:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T11:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/?p=10386"},"modified":"2025-08-01T13:55:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T11:55:46","slug":"fresh-police-attacks-against-journalists-of-independent-media-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/en\/fresh-police-attacks-against-journalists-of-independent-media-houses\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh police attacks against journalists of independent media houses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>August 1, 2025<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Police officers attacked Dragan Jekovi\u0107, a cameraman of independent broadcaster Television Nova S, in front of the Kraljevo premises of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party on 29<sup>th<\/sup> July. Footage shows members of the police hitting the Nova S cameraman on the hands with truncheons several times, while he was in the process of doing his job.<\/h2>\n<p>During the blockade of the motorway, a member of the Gendarmerie police unit attacked N1 journalist Nenad Ne\u0161i\u0107 and cameraman Aleksandar Cvrkoti\u0107, as well as attempting to take the camera.<\/p>\n<p>Journalist Dragoljub \u0110or\u0111evi\u0107 was detained while performing his job on 25<sup>th<\/sup> July. After giving a statement to the public prosecutor, he was remanded into custody and held overnight for his alleged participation in the motorway blockade, for which a report against him was filed.<\/p>\n<p>Two pro-regime tabloid newspapers published a photograph and the private address of journalist \u017darko Bogosavljevi\u0107 around 23<sup>rd<\/sup> July, as well as the image and address of Dinko Gruhonji\u0107, a journalist and professor of journalism studies at the University of Novi Sad. 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