ANEM ALARM: A new threat to journalist Vuk Cvijić of the weekly magazine Radar
Today at 4:10 PM, Vuk Cvijić, a journalist for the weekly magazine Radar, received a call from an unknown number from abroad. In a brief conversation, he was given a direct threatening warning regarding an article that will be published tomorrow in the new issue of this weekly magazine.
Caller: Be careful about what you are going to publish tomorrow.
Vuk Cvijić: What is this about?
Caller: I’m telling you to be careful about what you’re going to publish tomorrow. It’s not important, you will meet me if you publish it.
Vuk: What should I publish? Everything is already printed and ready to be released tomorrow.
Caller: Then you will meet me.
After this threat, the phone call was terminated.
This alarming threat was immediately reported to the competent prosecutor's office marked as URGENT.
Vuk Cvijić has been physically attacked several times in public places over the past year, by tabloid owners as well as by members of intervention units. None of these cases have received a judicial resolution.
The impunity for attacks on Vuk Cvijić clearly signals that this most productive professional, who engages in investigative journalism, particularly on corruption at the highest levels of government and important institutions, can be freely targeted.
We call on the relevant institutions to protect Vuk Cvijić and the editorial team of Radar, to conduct a swift and effective investigation, and to prevent the assailants from endangering the life of this journalist, allowing him to continue his work without such disruptions.
Veran Matić, President of the Board of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), member of the Permanent Working Group for the Safety of Journalists, and operator of the Safe Line for reporting threats and endangering the safety of journalists
The project "System for the Prevention of Violence and Protection of Journalists" is implemented by ANEM in partnership with Insider TV and the Center for the Development of Local Media, with the support of the European Union and the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications of the Republic of Serbia.
The OSCE Mission in Serbia has supported ANEM's project "24/7 SOS Hotline for Assistance to Journalists and Other Vulnerable Media Workers" within the EU-funded project "Strengthening Freedom of Expression and Media Freedom in Serbia".
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