March 4, 2024<\/p>\n
\u201cI can only explain this kind of verdict by thinking that the people who worked in the service back then and worked on assassinations of political dissidents of the Milo\u0161evi\u0107-Markovi\u0107 regime (former Serbian president Slobodan Milo\u0161evi\u0107 and first lady Mirjana Markovi\u0107) are still active,\u201d said \u0106uruvija \u0110urica, adding that these people are stronger than all institutions and authorities.<\/p>\n
She noted that this verdict sends to journalists and citizens a \u201cterrifying message \u2013 we can destroy you, maybe even kill you, and no one will be held accountable for that\u201d, and that, after everything, \u201conly ashes remain\u201d.<\/p>\n
Alongside the many international journalists\u2019 associations, governmental and non-governmental organisations, diplomats and politicians to have already condemned the verdict, as reported in our previous Media Brief, the International PEN centre also condemned the acquittals of those convicted of murdering \u0106uruvija, calling for all those responsible for the crime to be brought to justice<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe outrage felt in Serbia and beyond is a justified response to a verdict that sent out shockwaves amongst Serbian writers and journalists, who are working in an increasingly toxic and suffocating atmosphere, in which impunity remains the norm,\u201d writes PEN International, before once again urging the Serbian authorities to \u201csystematically, publicly, and unequivocally condemn all acts of violence and targeted attacks against writers and journalists\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" March 4, 2024 Speaking to TV N1, Jelena \u0106uruvija \u0110urica, daughter of murdered journalist Slavko \u0106uruvija and honorary president of the Slavko \u0106uruvija Foundation, said that, with the acquittals of those accused of her father\u2019s murder, she was \u201cnot the only one defeated\u201d, but rather the judiciary, prosecutor\u2019s office, journalists and citizens also lost. \u201cI can only explain this kind of verdict by thinking that the people who worked in the service back then and worked on assassinations of political […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9421,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content-en"],"yoast_head":"\n