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The second episode of the series "Era of Evil" deals with the personality of Veran Matić, who is accused of being a traitor, a foreign mercenary, and an agent, along with allegations that he embezzled large sums of money, which indirectly calls for his lynching, states the statement from the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM).

The authorities in Serbia have responded to protests across the country with excessive force, arbitrary arrests, suppression of civil society, and attacks on journalists and independent media, which is part of a broader interference in media freedoms, as indicated in the annual report published today by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on human rights violations worldwide.

The Municipality of Merošina announced today a competition for project co-financing of media content for the year 2026, with the deadline for project submissions and commission members set for February 20, as stated in the Unified Information System (UIS) of the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications.

In light of the increasingly frequent attacks and pressures faced by journalists in recent times, such as the recent case of media targeting of Veran Matić, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Milan Antonijević, issued a "public warning" stating that the work performed by journalists and differences in opinions, editorial policies, and reporting methods can never justify discrimination, harassment, threats, or any form of violence, as this endangers both freedom of expression and the right to information.

Near the National Assembly and the tent settlement known as Ćacilend, at least 35 attacks on journalists have been recorded since March 2025, according to data from the Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia. Of these, 11 cases have been brought before the prosecutor's office. CINS has analyzed these cases and has succeeded in identifying some of those who have clashed with journalists, individuals who have not been known to the public until now.

The Management Board of the Public Media Institution Radio-Television of Serbia appointed Dragan Bujošević as the acting general director of RTS at today’s regular meeting, it was announced after the meeting.

The documentary TV channel available to users of Telekom Serbia's cable television has been broadcasting its program since November of last year. However, it is not officially registered in the Media Register at the Business Registers Agency (APR), is not listed in the licensing database of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM), and does not have the legally required Impressum on its website.

The authors of the documentary revealing the great betrayal by Veran Matić overlooked one detail. When he first arrived in Kosovo after the war, he expressed the desire to lay flowers at the graves of Fehmi Agani and Bajram Kelmendi, as well as his sons, Kastriot and Kuštrim. He laid flowers at the cemetery, bowing as a man to a man, as a Serb to an Albanian killed in the name of alleged Serbian nationalism, as a co-activist for freedom, as a personal liberation.

We strongly condemn the targeting and endangerment of the safety of prominent journalist, president of ANEM, and member of the Permanent Working Group for the Safety of Journalists, Veran Matić, following the broadcast of the propaganda film "Evil Era 2" on state-controlled television.