threat of death be urgently processed and resolved, bearing in mind the previous experience and mistakes of the competent authorities that enabled the escape of the accused from house arrest. In this way, the judiciary must send a direct message to the attackers that death threats and physical attacks cannot and will not go unpunished.

We remind that threats are increasingly followed by offensive sexist comments, which are becoming an almost regular form of hate speech addressed to female journalists. Although they produce enormous consequences, such cases unfortunately remain in the shadow of more serious threats and attacks, they are not sufficiently recognized by the competent institutions and there is no responsibility for them.

SafeJournalists Network: Association of Journalists of Kosovo, Association of Journalists of Macedonia, BH Journalists Association, Croatian Journalists’ Association, Independent Journalists Association of Serbia, Trade Union of Media of Montenegro

The Coalition for Media Freedom: the Association of Media, the Association of Online Media (AOM), the Independent Association of Journalists of Vojvodina (NDNV), the Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (NUNS), the Business Association of Local and Independent Media “Local Press”, the Slavko Curuvija Foundation and Branch Trade Union of Culture, Arts and Media ‘Nezavisnost’ .

The source: IJAS

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