REM: TV Informer violated legal regulations by commenting on the case of student Nikolina Sinđelić.

In the conclusion of this report, the expert service of REM states that four articles of the Regulation on the Protection of Human Rights in the Provision of Media Services, in relation to Article 61 of the Law on Electronic Media, were violated during the broadcast of the show "Kolegijum 2," aired on August 20, on this cable television.

Furthermore, it adds that the disputed content relates to the case of Nikolina Sinđelić and her appearance on TV N1, which was commented upon in the show "Kolegijum 2" on Informer television. In that show, the host and editor-in-chief Dragan J. Vučićević questioned the credibility of Nikolina Sinđelić's statement that police chief Marko Kričak had beaten and abused her. The case was presented as a conspiracy against the state, without further elaboration.

The show stated that it was an "obviously false staged case," raising questions about the credibility of Nikolina Sinđelić based on the fact that she has an account on OnlyFans. Vučićević displayed photos of a naked person on his mobile phone, claiming that it was Nikolina Sinđelić.

REM's service assessed that Informer acted contrary to Article 20 of the Regulation on the Protection of Human Rights in the Provision of Media Services, which relates to the respect for personal dignity.

"The expert service of REM assessed that the fact that a specific person has an account on the OnlyFans website is not related to the case and has no bearing on whether or not she was abused by the police, and that the sole purpose of the publication was her personal discreditation," the REM report states.

It is also noted that the distribution of the photograph violated the right to respect for the personality of the individual whose photograph was published.

"The pronounced bias in the approach to treating the current event, the drawing of arbitrary conclusions, and the political defamation of the specific person as well as the entire political environment into which she is categorized represent violations of the Regulation on the Protection of Human Rights in the Provision of Media Services," assesses the Monitoring and Analysis Service of REM.

The full REM report is available at this link.

As a reminder, the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) strongly condemned the display of photographs of student Nikolina and their commentary on Informer television, deeming this move by the media's editor-in-chief Dragan J. Vučićević as unprofessional, unacceptable, against all ethical norms, and in violation of the laws of the Republic of Serbia.

Public display of intimate photographs without the consent of the person is prohibited by the Criminal Code under Articles 144, 145, and 185.

Additionally, ANEM pointed out at the time that several provisions of the Code of Journalists of Serbia related to privacy, dignity, maliciously harming the reputation of individuals, and the use of honorable means were also violated.

"The Ministry of Information and Telecommunications had to act ex officio based on the Law on Public Information and Media and the Law on Electronic Media, as the photographs were not only unlawfully displayed by the person depicted in them, but were taken when Nikolina was a minor," ANEM stated.

Source: ANEM