08. 11. 2005

JOURNALIST’S CAR DESTROYED AFTER THREATS

The Association also urges the authorities to inform the public of who is responsible for this crime and their motive, because it is suspected to have been an attempt to intimidate a journalist. On Saturday evening, Danilovic, who is the Kursumlija correspondent for ANEM, RTV B92 and Beta news agency, left her car outside her office in the centre of the town. When she returned five minutes later, the vehicle was no longer in front of the building. She immediately notified police and found her car half an hour later in a blind alley about 150 metres away, virtually demolished. There is reason to suspect that this incident is not a simple case of vandalism, but was intended to intimidate Ljiljana Danilovic who had earlier been threatened because of her work as a journalist. ANEM notes that the Public Information Act stipulates that no one has the right to limit access to public information or to exert any kind of physical or other pressure on public media and their employees. The Association urges all journalism and media associations to show solidarity with anyone exposed to threats because of their work as a journalist. Slobodan Stojsic, Chairman, ANEM Managing Board