23. 05. 2011

Journalist were attacked at the public event "Gulasijada"

Kovacica, May 23, 2011 (Dnevnik) - During a public event "Gulasijada" that took place in Debeljaca on May 14, members of the Municipal Assembly of Kovacica condemned the assault on the team working for the RTV Kovacica and demanded the investigative and judicial bodies to issue a report on the progress of the investigation.

The Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS) and Independent Journalists' Association of Vojvodina (NDNV) sharply denounced the physical attack and verbal insults committed by an official of the Serbian Progressive Party, Zoran Savanov, against the editor-in-chief of the RTV Kovacica, Gojko Vukadin, and the station's cameraman, Danijel Hajko, and demanded immediate response by the police and judiciary.

In their response to the attack on the director and the editor-in-chief and a cameraman of the RTV Kovacica, the Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS) and the Independent Journalists' Association of Vojvodina (NDNV) warn the Ministry of Internal Affairs and all state bodies that attack against journalists have become commonplace after the state and the judiciary sent a message to the public that it is allowed to beat or insult journalists without with impunity or with minimal penalties.