Announcements

The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) strongly condemns the unacceptable death threats made by representatives of the SNS against a journalist from SOinfo.org in Sombor, following his parking in the "wrong" spot on Jorgovanska Street in Sombor.

It will soon be a full 20 years since Vladimir Mitrić, a correspondent for "Večernje novosti" from Loznica and Šabac, was attacked with a baton by a police officer from the Novi Beograd Police Station in front of his house, resulting in severe bodily injuries. This attack was very similar to the one in which Milan Pantić, Mitrić's colleague from Jagodina, was killed. Mitrić survived this incident by a mere miracle.

Cameraman Mirko Todorović, who was physically assaulted on November 5 in front of the SNS premises in Novi Sad, when he was taken down by wrestler Vuk Raonić from Novi Sad while filming the event, has filed a complaint with the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office regarding the dismissal of his criminal report by the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office, which was justified by stating that there are no grounds for suspicion that a criminal offense subject to prosecution ex officio has been committed, as confirmed by the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM).

The chief and responsible editor of the Regional Information Agency JUGpress, Ljiljana Stojanović, who is also a member of the Permanent Working Group on Journalist Safety, received a friendly message/warning from a few individuals in security structures that they are "setting a trap" for her and that she should "be cautious."

A journalist from the Fonet agency was filming strong winds lifting tents set up on the road in front of the Serbian Parliament yesterday when a person staying in Pioneer Park grabbed her by the shoulder and demanded that she delete the footage. This marks the 14th instance of interference with the work of journalists and media at Pioneer Park, where a specific group supporting the ruling party has been present for over four months.

The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), the Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS), the Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS), and Local Press point out that the evaluation of media projects and the allocation of funds within the project co-financing process continued in June, accompanied by numerous controversial decisions, irregularities, and a lack of transparency in the process.

During a police intervention in front of the Faculty of Law in Belgrade, and despite being legitimized, Vuk Cvijić, a journalist for the weekly magazine Radar, was struck with a shield and elbow and pushed away on the evening of Wednesday, July 2nd. His phone was taken from him, even though he did not interfere with the police intervention, as evidenced by a video recording.

Another physical assault, the attack on cameraman Mirko Todorović from Juronjuz television, on November 5, 2024, in Novi Sad, will remain unpunished, as public prosecutor Sanja Skakavac from the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Novi Sad dismissed the criminal complaint for violent behavior in a public place. 

The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) strongly protests and demands that the Internal Control Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs determine who assaulted and tortured Aleksa Stanković, a student of the Faculty of Philosophy and a photographer for the website "Students in Blockade." Stanković was clearly marked as a media worker: he had a press ID and had insignias on three other places on his clothing indicating that he was on a journalistic assignment.