In the occasion of the protests in front of the parliament, which were interrupted by the intervention of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the editorial board of the student radio KRŠ requires appropriate measures by the responsible state institutions. The board asked for interventions that shed light on allegations of police repression against journalists who were at this public rally to do their job, as well as allegations on the cyber attacks on the web portals.
Vijesti editor in chief Mihailo Jovovic and Monitor executive director Milka Tadić Mijović reacted strongly against the arrest of journalists during this morning's police action.
Editor of the portal IN4S, Gojko Raičević, was brutally beaten and ended up in the Emergency Center, shortly after he was arrested during the police action against the protests in front of the national parliament. After receiving medical assistance and infusions, Raičević was taken to the police station for a hearing, afterwards he was released.
The head of the government's PR Bureau Srđan Kusovac did not timely inform the foreign media and news agencies in Montenegro on the necessary conditions for accreditation during the visit of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, found out portal Vijesti.
Civic Alliance (CA) has launched the campaign ''Endangered Journalism: React!''. With the support of the European Commission, CA monitors the competent authorities in investigating cases of threats and violence against journalists, murders of journalists and attacks on media property.
In "The smile of freedom", the book published recently by the Croatian journalist Boris Pavelić, he examines the history of “Feral Tribune”, a satirical weekly that has resisted censorship in the 1990s before disappearing in 2008.
Goran Sarić, a well-known journalist, writer, lecturer and former assistant editor of one of the most important cultural magazines in ex-Yugoslavia "Književna revija", assesses the situation of professional standards of journalism and media ethics, citing the main weaknesses and strengths.
The Facebook status of Tajana Sisgoreo, a Croatian volunteer in a refugee camp of Opatovac, helped media to sell many copies last week. More precisely, it boost the selling of those media which are normally involved in the mediaticexploitation of the refugee crisis. None of the media involved ever asked for permission to use her status, nor her name and profile picture. H-Alter examines this practice, concluding that irresponsible appropriation of social media contents represent an infringement of journalistic standards and a slippery road towards journalistic dilettantism.
Curated by the "Foreign affairs" editorial staff at radio Popolare, the first radiocast as part of the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) features Chiara Sighele (OBC) presenting the ECPMF project and focuses on the situation of press freedom in Azerbaijan.
Journalist Ahmet Hakan was attacked by four perpetrators in front of his house. His nose and rib were fractured. Four perpetrators were detained while Hakan said “I will go ahead according to my own lights”.
