"Delete the recordings so I can see them, it's better for you": A new intimidation of journalists in Pioneer Park.
A FoNet journalist was confronted today in front of the National Assembly of Serbia while filming strong winds lifting tents set up on the roadway in front of the parliament building. A person staying in Pioneer Park grabbed her by the shoulder and demanded that she delete the footage.
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“Delete the recordings so I can see them, you’d be better off,” he said to her in a threatening voice, while the FoNet journalist displayed her press credentials.
Then another man approached me and asked which media outlet I worked for, because – as he said – “he wants to know which scum was recording them,” the FoNet journalist described the incident.
When she stated that it was a public space and that she had the right to record, they left.
Several police officers did not react but were taking statements from those present.
The journalist asked the police officers at the security booth by the Serbian Parliament why their colleagues were taking statements instead of responding to the attack, but they replied that they “didn’t know” and that “they were also surprised.”
According to unofficial reports, individuals in Pioneer Park allegedly reported that someone was tearing down their tents.
Source: FoNet
