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They wore t-shirts sporting an image of Serbian President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 and calling for \u201cjustice\u201d and \u201chelp\u201d for Nikoli\u0107.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside this lawsuit, another legal process is being led against Nikoli\u0107 on the basis of charges filed by Veran Mati\u0107, president of the Association of Independent Electronic Media [ANEM] and member of the Permanent Working Group for the Safety of Journalists. According to this lawsuit, Nikoli\u0107 is to blame for offensive posters containing the image of Mati\u0107 that were plastered around the walls of Vranje city centre in response to Mati\u0107\u2019s arrival from Belgrade in support of OK Radio employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 1, 2022. 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