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He is seeking the court award him damages in compensation for the mental anguish he has suffered.<\/h2>\n<p>In the controversial article, BIRN reported in detail on everything heard during a hearing in the \u201cJovanjica\u201d case \u2013 in which Koluvija and his associates are being tried for allegedly growing marijuana \u2013 during which the prosecutor presented information from court judgements of a Hungarian court for cannabis smuggling dating back to 2011 and 2012, in which Koluvija is mentioned, as well as reporting on the responses to those allegations of Koluvija\u2019s defence and Koluvija himself.<\/p>\n<p>The law permits the publishing of information from ongoing criminal proceedings provided that information has been presented during a full trial hearing.<br \/>\nAccording to BIRN Serbia, this lawsuit contains all the elements of a SLAPP lawsuit and represents an attempt to intimidate the media into not reporting on certain topics or individuals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 17, 2023 Predrag Koluvija, the owner of the Jovanjica company, who is accused of organising a criminal group that grew marijuana, has sued investigative portal BIRN Serbia, claiming that journalists of the portal published falsehoods in one of their articles when conveying information from the trial. 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