Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia

BELGRADE - The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) said it condemned in the strongest terms threats to Tanjug men and women journalists emailed to the news agency on Monday evening and welcomed a swift reaction by the Ministry of Information and the Department for High-Technology Crime at the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade.

Zeljko Bodrozic, president of the Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia, NUNS, said on Tuesday that the verdict sentencing journalist Milovan Brkic to 14 months in jail was proof that the country's judiciary has become an arm of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party.

A memorial service was held at Belgrade's Dom omladine for Duan Mai, an experienced journalist with a long career at the BBC in London and Belgrade, who passed away on January 31, 2022. He was 56 years old.

After graduating from the Faculty of Political Sciences, she has been involved in journalism since 1970. She worked as reporter and editor in Radio Belgrade, Television Belgrade, Yutel, VIN production respectivelly, the media report.
She wrote for Naa borba, Osloboenje, Nezavisne, Blic… She also worked as an editor at the Radio Television of Serbia.

The commission will now also deal with murders and abductions of journalists in Kosovo and Metohija in the period from 1998 until 2001, and the killing of journalists in the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1995.

In a statement sent to Tanjug on Wednesday, Vulin in this way responded to US Ambassador Kyle Scott, who previously said he was concerned about the media situation in Serbia.

The news agency announced this on Monday, citing a statement issued by its collegium.

"We call on the competent state institutions to find and punish anyone who sent threats to Dragan Janjic through social networks and published his home address, endangering his safety and that of his family," the statement siad.

Members of the "For Media Freedom" organisation were due on Tuesday to meet Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic and submit a list of requests and complaints about what they call the worsening situation of the free media sector in the country.

The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia has called on journalists and media to "turn off the sound and black out the screens" at 11:55 CET Tuesday.

They should do this as part of a symbolic international campaign dubbed, "Five Minutes of Thunderous Silence," NUNS said on Monday.

Vukasin Obradovic, the president of the Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia, NUNS, said on Monday that he wanted to find out how the interior minister knew what was said during a private conversation he had with a police officer who has also filed a criminal charge against Stefanovic.