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The OSCE Office for Freedom of the Media called on the authorities of Serbia today to "independently and urgently investigate all reported cases of violence against journalists and ensure that journalists can work safely, without unjustified interference," in accordance with their accepted commitments.

The Podcast.rs platform is launching the project "Innovations in Narrative Podcasting for Media Literacy in Serbia" and is announcing a call for workshop participants. The program is intended for independent podcast authors, journalists, and anyone who wants to enhance their skills in narrative storytelling through audio format.

Can we commemorate the victims of past crimes while simultaneously turning a blind eye to the crimes against journalists in the present? This is a crucial question. Our future depends on the answer to it. On that hot August morning, August 21, 1998, journalists from Radio Priština, Đuro Slavuj from Dvor na Uni, and Ranko Perenić from Lipljan, went to the Monastery of the Holy Healers in Zočište, in western Kosovo, to report on the return of the kidnapped monks. Since then, there has been no trace of them.

Media attacks on individuals or groups, also known as discrediting campaigns, represent a form of systematic public pressure aimed at undermining the reputation, credibility, or social standing of a particular person or organization. Such campaigns are not uncommon in Serbia and often utilize selectively chosen information, distorted facts, or negative interpretations, creating a false image of someone or something.

“At the moment the canopy fell and everything began to unfold, we held an editorial meeting and agreed: this time we must choose a side. I have been involved in sports journalism, I have always passionately supported ‘Partizan’ and have never shown favoritism on the field. However, this is a situation – the most difficult in my twenty years of journalism – in which you must clearly take a stand. We cannot support or downplay what is happening to the citizens of this country.”

It is unacceptable for the police to prevent journalists from recording them while intervening against citizens in public spaces. Reporting from protests and documenting the actions of citizens and police forces are in the public interest. Clearly marked journalists on assignment must have the status of official representatives, emphasize the editorial team of Zoomer following a series of attacks on their female journalists.

The group Journalists Against Violence Against Women strongly condemns the public display and commentary on intimate photographs of Faculty of Political Sciences student Nikolina Sinđelić during a live broadcast on TV Informer by the editor-in-chief and responsible editor Dragan J. Vučićević. This act constitutes a serious violation of the rights to privacy, dignity, and protection from secondary victimization, and is in direct contradiction not only to the professional code but also to the provisions of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Serbia.

The International and European Federation of Journalists have called on the police in Serbia to immediately stop the violence against journalists and to protect them while reporting on conflicts during the protests.

The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) strongly condemns the new threats directed at the editorial office of television N1, which were sent again yesterday, this time from a single IP address, using multiple fake accounts that, according to all indications, are operated by the same individual.