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During the protests and blockades across Serbia in late June and early July, numerous cases of excessive use of force by the police were reported. Among the injured are students, doctors, and photojournalists who claim they were attacked by police officers, often wearing masks. While the Ministry of Interior remains silent, citizens are speaking to CINS about what happened.

The SafeJournalists network expresses deep concern and solidarity with more than 200 journalists and media workers affected by the sudden announcement of the closure of Al Jazeera Balkans after 14 years of continuous operation.

The European and International Federation of Journalists (EFJ-IFJ), together with its members from Serbia, have called on the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia to provide police protection for N1 television, given the increasing threats to their safety.

The OSCE Mission in Serbia and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Jan Bratu, are deeply concerned about the recent death threats against journalists from TV N1, as stated on the official account of the Mission.

The Radio-Television of Vojvodina informed the news agency FoNet yesterday about the termination of cooperation starting in August. As NUNS learned, RTV had previously ended its collaboration with Beta, meaning that the public service of Vojvodina will use only the services of Tanjug.

The Minister of Information, Boris Bratina, stated that certain media outlets are "waging war against the state," which interlocutors of Danas characterized as a dangerous attempt to intimidate independent journalists and prepare the ground for an even harsher crackdown on critical voices.

After the Court of Appeal in Belgrade upheld the first-instance ruling of the Higher Court, which orders the IN media editorial office from Inđija to pay a total of 161,000 dinars in damages and court costs due to an article stating that the municipality of Inđija gifted honey for potency to children, a fundraising campaign has been initiated to cover this penalty.

All I can say is - HELP! I have no idea how I will pay for this. We will seek assistance from friends and rely on the audience and the public. We are an independent media outlet reporting in the interest of the citizens, so we hope that those who read us will recognize this and support us now when it is the hardest, says Verica Marinčić, editor of IN Media.

The EU demands full respect for media freedoms from Serbia, said the spokesperson for the President of the European Commission, Paola Pinjo, at an official briefing of the institution. She responded to a question from N1 regarding the letter we sent to EU institutions about the escalation of threats against journalists from our organization.