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It was brutal in Novi Sad on Friday evening: the police attacked, beat people, fired tear gas, and made arrests. Among those detained was almost the journalist from "Vreme," Katarina Stevanović, despite being a journalist.

"The massacre of Palestinian journalists must be stopped. The genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza must be halted. 221 journalists have given their lives to ensure the world is informed. The International Federation of Journalists and its members, the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate (PJS), are working day and night to support their colleagues there," emphasized Dominik Pradalie, President of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), in a statement to ANEM.

In August, the Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) recorded a total of 46 incidents directed against journalists and media workers, marking a record number of attacks and threats in a single month since the beginning of the year.

The Basic Public Prosecutor's Office has informed journalist Miljko Stojanović that the criminal complaint against the individual who took his mobile phone during the visit of Aleksandar Vučić has been dismissed, as there is no provision for prosecution ex officio for this offense.

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) consortium expresses serious concern about the threat of political interference in the operations of media owned by United Group in Serbia, which owns the main independent television news channels in Serbia – N1 and Nova TV, according to a statement.

The Chairman of the Management Board of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) and member of the Permanent Working Group for the Safety of Journalists, Veran Matić, was a guest on the program "Povodom" on Radio Novi Sad, where he spoke about the international solidarity action with journalists in Gaza and the ANEM series "Voices from Gaza."

Several tips for ensuring safety and asserting rights for journalists reporting from protests:

The gendarme was very rude and impudent; he told me that I was not allowed to record, even though he knew I was a journalist, says Božidar Milovac, who reported on the violent police intervention near the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education in Novi Sad.

In a brief podcast on the YouTube channel, the team from the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) platform announces the upcoming MFRR monitoring report, which will be published in September. Elena Rodina (ECPMF) speaks with colleagues Kara Raker and Kamil Magnisalis about how the report is being prepared, the main trends in media freedom across 36 European countries, and the concerning situation in Serbia, where journalists are facing increasing pressure and smear campaigns.