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The Werther effect, a term for the increase in suicides following media coverage of a single case, has been known for over two centuries, reminds the organization Journalists Against Violence.

“The situation is much worse, much more dangerous than before. Israel threatens to attack all of Gaza. They are planning the largest massacre that will occur if they proceed with the attack. And the largest massacre of journalists. I call on all journalists and warn that the Israeli occupation plans further genocide, further war crimes against Palestinian journalists, because they do not want anyone reporting on the next major attack on Gaza. We ask you to support us. We ask you to stand by your principles, for justice and humanity,” says Naser Abu Baker, President of the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate (PJS).

Two days after he recorded a video showing police officers using derogatory names for women passing by, Aleksa Stanković, a photographer and history student at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade, suffered physical violence at their hands.

With a series of 19 articles published from May 29, 2024, to March 27, 2025, the portal Republika.rs violated multiple provisions of the Journalists' Code of Serbia in its reporting on Vuk Cvijić, a journalist for the weekly Radar, the Appeals Commission of the Press Council assessed at its latest meeting.

With absolute amnesty for crimes against citizens and journalists, Serbia has experienced a complete collapse of the rule of law and the end of its legal system. A country where no journalist's murder has been solved or punished, where the killers continue to walk free, is now recording its worst year in terms of journalist safety.

The Ministry of Information and Telecommunications, based on Article 32 of the Law on Public Information and Media and Article 20 of the Regulation on Co-financing Projects in the Field of Public Information, has invited journalistic and media associations, theorists, analysts, and practitioners in the media field to apply for enrollment in the Register of Candidates for Commission Members via the Unified Information System (UIS).

The Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation announced that during August, 15 high-ranking state officials attacked journalists and media at least 137 times in public appearances and through social media.

The new season of "Mental Gymnastics" on TV Nova has started from exile, as the show's creators, Marko Stepanović and Srđan Jovanović, no longer feel safe performing their work in Belgrade.

In the new episode of the web series "Wider Picture," we discuss the topic of safety for journalists.