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The key evidence used by the court was a screenshot of a page of the portal allegedly showing the disputed photograph.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers view the verdict as being full of controversial points, while they highlight the court&#8217;s decision to declare the journalist Miti\u0107 a public official as the most controversial and most dangerous for journalists. Such a qualification allowed the prosecutor to prosecute the journalist for dereliction of his official position, instead of being prosecuted under a private lawsuit that wouldn&#8217;t entail a prison sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Miti\u0107 now awaits the decision of the Supreme Court of Cassation, which he addressed to request the protection of legality, while the Association of Independent Electronic Media addressed the same request to the Republic Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 16, 2019 The Basic and High Court of Prokuplje sentenced journalist Ljubi\u0161a Miti\u0107, a correspondent of Ni\u0161-based Ju\u017enih vesti [Southern News] and Belgrade-based national daily Politika, to three months in prison for the unauthorised publishing of a photograph on a local portal that he used to edit. 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