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April je mesec tužnih podsetnika na to čime se, decenijama unazad, plaća bavljenje novinarskim pozivom u Srbiji – životom. U ovom mesecu navršila se trideset jedna godina od smrti Dade Vujasinović, dvadeset šest od smrti Slavka Ćurivije, isto toliko od smrti šesnaest radnika RTS- a, osamnaest godina od pokušaja atentat na Dejana Anastasijevića.

Teme ovomesečnog monitoringa bile su akcije organizacije Reporteri bez granica usmerene na osuđivanje štete koju su vlasti u Srbiji nanele slobodi medija, kao i akcije predstavnika međunarodnih udruženja i organizacija u sastavu konzorcijuma Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), koji su takođe zatražili javnu osudu napada na novinare i medije u Srbiji, ali i zamrzavanje pregovora o Poglavlju 23, sve dok se pretnje, pritisci i represija ne okončaju. Evropskim institucijama pisalo se u očekivanju da hitno reaguju na politički progon novosadskih aktivista iz grupe STAV i Pokreta slobodnih građana. Ti aktivisti nisu jedini lišeni slobode. U aprilu, Viši sud u Beogradu produžio je pritvor aktivisti i osnivaču pokreta ,,Ujedinjeni narod Srbije” Srđanu Žuniću.

U Monitoringu je bilo reči i o četrnaestodnevnoj blokadi RTS-a okončanoj donošenjem odluke o poništenju starog i raspisivanju novog konkursa za izbor članova Saveta REM-a, kao i o zboru novinara i novinarki RTS-održanom 16. aprila, nakon kog je, saopštava NUNS, petoro radnika pozvano na informativni razgovor. 

Aprilski monitoring beleži informacije o prvostepenoj presudi u slučaju pretnji upućenih novinarki Jeleni S. Spasić i podatke o prigovoru koji je Vuk Cvijić izjavio protiv rešenja tužilaštva u vezi sa napadom koji je doživeo od strane Milana Lađevića. 

U Monitoringu se čitalac može obavestiti o opstrukcijama rada reporterske ekipe TV N1, o pozivu u policiju koji je dobio kolumnista Dejan Ilić, o napadima na ekipu KTV-a, novinara Zorana Striku, novinarku Istinomera, novinara Žarka Bogosavljevića, reportersku ekipu Al Džazire, o pretnjama, psovkama i uvredama koje je pretrpeo urednik i novinar Srđan Nonić, o pretnjama i pritiscima upućenim uredniku i novinaru Željku Matorčeviću, o zabrani da izveštava upućenoj Ireni Stević, o pretnjama novinarima i kući TV N1 upućenim preko društvene mreže i imejl adrese. 

Posebna tema Monitoringa bila je optužba predsednice Skupštine Srbije Ana Brnabić izneta na račun agencije Fonet i advokata Bože Prelevića, kao i ,,inspirativno” postupanje predsednika Skupštine opštine Čačak Igora Trifunovića, postupanje čije je posledice pretrpeo novinar Nebojša Jovanović. 

Ustavni sud odbacio je inicijativu za pokretanje postupka za ocenu ustavnosti odredbe člana 126 st. 1 Zakona o elektronskim medijima (ZEM); UNS, ANEM i Lokal pres nastavile su da zahtevaju od Ministarstva informisanja i telekomunikacija da im se objasni zbog čega postoje nepravilnosti u radu Jedinstvenog informacionog sistema; Udruženje novinara Srbije zajedno sa svojim ogrankom Društvom novinara Kosova i Metohije tražili su poništenje konkursa MIT-a za sufinansiranje projekata proizvodnje medijskih sadržaja za elektronske medije na Kosovu i Metohiji; Udruženje novinara Srbije oštro je reagovalo na odluku Opštine Ćuprija u vezi sa konkursom za sufinansiranje medijskih sadržaja; pravnosnažno je, odbijanjem tužbenog zahteva, okončan postupak koji je izdavač dnevnog lista Kurir pokrenuo protiv izdavača portala KRIK, izdavača portala Cenzolovka i izdavača dnevnog lista Danas.

Sve navedeno našlo je mesto u Monitoringu medijske scene za mesec april.

Ova publikacija objavljena je uz finansijsku pomoć Evropske unije i Norveške i Balkanskog fonda za demokratiju, projekta Nemačkog Maršalovog fonda SAD. Za njegovu sadržinu isključivo je odgovorna Asocijacija nezavisnih elektronskih medija i ta sadržina nužno ne izražava zvanične stavove Evropske unije, vlade Norveške, Nemačkog Maršalovog fonda i Balkanskog fonda za demokratiju.

Ovaj Monitoring izveštaj uradio je stručni monitoring tim iz advokatske kancelarije „Savović", u saradnji sa ANEM-om.

MEDIA SCENE OF SERBIA IN APRIL 2025

ANEM monitoring report for April 2025 on freedom of expression, old and new regulations and analysis of SLAPP lawsuits

April is a month of sad reminders that for decades engaging in journalism in Serbia can cost one's life. This month marks thirty-one years since the death of Dada Vujasinović, twenty-six since the death of Slavko Ćurivija, the same since the death of sixteen RTS workers, eighteen years since the assassination attempt on Dejan Anastasijević.

The topics of this month's monitoring were the actions of the Reporters Without Borders aimed at condemning the damage caused by the authorities in Serbia to freedom of the media, as well as the actions of representatives of international associations and organizations within the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) consortium, who also requested public condemnation of attacks on journalists and media in Serbia, as well as the freezing of negotiations on Chapter 23, until the threats, pressures and repression are ended. The European institutions were written to in the expectation that they would respond urgently to the political persecution of Novi Sad activists from the STAV group and the Movement of Free Citizens. Those activists are not the only ones deprived of their freedom. In April, the High Court in Belgrade extended the detention of the activist and founder of the "United People of Serbia" movement, Srđan Žunić.

Monitoring also discussed the fourteen-day blockade of RTS that ended with the decision to cancel the old one and call for a new competition for the selection of members of the REM Council, as well as the meeting of RTS journalists held on April 16, after which, NUNS reports, five workers were invited to an informative interview to the Serbian Security Agency.

The April monitoring records information about the first-instance verdict in the case of threats sent to journalist Jelena S. Spasić and information about the objection that Vuk Cvijić stated against the prosecution's decision regarding the attack he suffered from Milan Lađević.

In Monitoring, the reader can be informed about the obstruction of the work of the TV N1 reporter team, about the summons to the police received by columnist Dejan Ilić, about attacks on the KTV team, journalist Zoran Strika, Istinomer female journalist, journalist Žarko Bogosavljević, Al Jazeera reporting team, about threats, curses and insults suffered by the editor and journalist Srđan Nonić, about threats and pressure directed at the editor and journalist Željko Matorčević, about the prohibition to report to Irena Stević, about threats to journalists and TV N1 sent via social networks and email addresses.

A special topic of Monitoring was the accusation of the President of the Serbian Assembly, Ana Brnabić, against the FoNet agency and lawyer Boža Prelević, as well as the "inspiring" actions of the President of the Čačak Municipal Assembly, Igor Trifunović, the actions of which the journalist Nebojša Jovanović suffered the consequences.

The Constitutional Court rejected the initiative to start the procedure for the evaluation of the constitutionality of the provisions of Article 126 para. 1 of the Law on Electronic Media; UNS, ANEM and Local Press continued to demand from the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications to explain why there are irregularities in the work of the Unified Information System; The Association of Journalists of Serbia, together with its branch, the Association of Journalists of Kosovo and Metohija, demanded the cancellation of the MIT competition for co-financing of media content production projects for electronic media in Kosovo and Metohija; The Association of Journalists of Serbia strongly reacted to the decision of the Municipality of Ćuprija regarding the competition for co-financing of media content; the proceedings initiated by the publisher of the daily newspaper Kurir against the publisher of the portal KRIK, publisher of the Cenzolovka portal and publisher of the daily newspaper Danas have been legally terminated by rejecting the claim.

All of the above found a place in the Monitoring of the media scene for the month of April.

This publication was published with the financial support of the European Union and Norway and the Balkan Fund for Democracy, a project of the German Marshall Fund of the USA. The Association of Independent Electronic Media is solely responsible for its content, and that content does not necessarily express the official views of the European Union, the Government of Norway, the German Marshall Fund and the Balkan Fund for Democracy.

This Monitoring Report was prepared by expert monitoring team from the law office "Savović" in cooperation with ANEM.