Međunarodna organizacija Reporteri bez granica upozorila je javnost na ,,tužan rekord” koji je dostiglo nasilje nad medijskim radnicima u Srbiji. Nezavisno udruženje novinara Srbije zabeležilo je najveći broj kako napada na novinare tako i pretnji i pritisaka kojim su izloženi. Fizičke napade medijski radnici naročito su trpeli tokom građanskih protesta sa kojih su izveštavali, kad se držanje policije pokazalo kao vrlo zabrinjavajuće. Prema evidenciji koju je načinio NUNS, od ukupno dvadeset pet fizičkih napada, četrnaest su izvršili policijski službenici.
Fizičke napade pretrpeli su: Darko Simić (novinar Jutjub kanala Politički globus Srbije), novinari koji su izveštavali sa protesta u Vrbasu i Bačkoj Palanci (snimatelj medija N1 Andrej Stamenković, glavni urednik portala Mašina Marko Miletić i Jovana Danilov, novinarka medija Bap Vesti), novinari koji su izveštavali sa protesta organizovanih pod sloganom ,,Srbijo, probudi se!” (glavni urednik portala 192 Nikola Bilić, urednik medija Razglas Žarko Bogosavljević, novinarke portala Zoomer Marina Nenadović i Teodora Šulj, fotoreporteri Vojin Ivkov i Gavrilo Andrić, novinarka portala Mašina Ana Milosavljević, student Prirodno-matematičkog fakulteta koji kao foto-reporter izveštava za više studentskih medija, student koji izveštava za studentski info-portal Puls generacije i glavni urednik medija Mašina Marko Miletić), fotoreporter Marko Dragoslavić, novinar medija Radar Vuk Cvijić, novinari koji su izveštavali sa građanskog protesta održanog u centru Beograda 14. avgusta (novinari iz redakcija Zoomer, Mašina, N1, Nova S, Puls generacije, Blokadar i Danas), novinarka Marija Čolaković, odgovorni urednik portala N2 Nenad Nešović, novinari koji su izveštavali sa pokušaja blokade zgrade suda u Novom Sadu (novinarka redakcije N1 Lea Apro i glavni urednik portala Razglas Žarko Bogosavljević).
Pretilo se novinarki Jeleni Mirković i snimatelju TV N1 Denijalu Dabiću, novinarki medija Takt info Nusreti Brunčević, redakciji A1 TV iz Novog Pazara, koautoru podkasta „Dobar, loš, zao” Nenadu Kulačinu, novinarima portala Autonomija, dopisnici TV Nova Sanji Ignjatović Eker, novinarima medija Magločistač, IN medija, Južne vesti, N1, Nova, Danas i Insajder. Novinara TV N1 Mladena Savatovića i njegovog snimatelja ometali su tokom izveštavanja sa protesta ispred zgrade Filozofskog fakulteta u Novom Sadu. Novinarki redakcije Kompas Danici Ilić oduzeli su telefon.
Glavni i odgovorni urednik TV Informer Dragan J. Vučićević, uživo u programu, pokazivao je i komentarisao intimne fotografije Nikoline Sinđelić, studentkinje i aktivistkinje koja je, kako je javno svedočila, nakon protesta održanog 14. avgusta, u garaži zgrade Vlade Republike Srbije, trpela policijsko nasilje. Ivana Ninića, advokata koji aktivno pruža pravnu pomoć studentima i aktivistima i kontinuirano kritikuje kršenje ljudskih prava i zloupotrebu institucija, javno je targetiran. Ljubomiru Stefanoviću, glavnom uredniku Jutjub kanala Slavija info, policija je, zbog posta objavljenog na društvenoj mreži X, pretresla stan, oduzela mu dva mobilna telefona i odvela ga u policijsku stanicu, gde mu je određeno zadržavanje u trajanju od 48 časova. Na „terenu” dnevnog lista Danas postavljena je meta — karikatura Predraga Koraksića Koraksa. Hakerski napad doživeli su Dnevni evropski servis (DES) agencije Beta i medij Epicentar press.
Pozivajući se na izvor i dokumentaciju do koje su došli, istraživačka mreža OCCRP i istraživački portal KRIK objavili su audio snimak i transkript razgovora za koji se tvrdi da su ga vodili generalni direktor kompanije United Group Sten Miler i direktor Telekoma Srbija Vladimira Lučića, a tokom kog je direktor telekoma Srbija preneo poruku predsednika Republike Srbije u kojoj je zatražena smena Aleksandre Subotić, izvršne direktorke kompanije United Media (u okviru koje posluju mediji N1, Nova S, Danas, Radar, Forbs Srbija, Sport Klub i drugi).
Osim o navedenom, u „Monitoringu medijske scene u Srbiji za mesec avgust 2025. godine”, čitalac se može obavestiti i o epilogu postupaka vođenih po krivičnim prijavama podnetim za napad na snimatelja Mirka Todorovića i za ugrožavanje sigurnosti Vojina Radovanovića, novinara dnevnog lista Danas; o novinama iz oblasti projektnog sufinansiranja; kao i o prvostepenoj presudi donetoj u postupku vođenom po tužbi sa karakteristikama SLAPP-a koju je izdavač dnevnog lista Kurir podneo protiv izdavača portala KRIK i dnevnog lista Danas.
Celokupan Monitoring medijske scene Srbije za mesec avgust 2025. godine možete pronaći ovde.
Ova publikacija objavljena je uz finansijsku pomoć Evropske unije i Norveške i Balkanskog fonda za demokratiju, projekta Nemačkog Maršalovog fonda SAD. Za njenu 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.
Tekst ovog Monitoring izveštaja uradio je stručni monitoring tim iz advokatske kancelarije „Savović", u saradnji sa ANEM-om.
MEDIA SCENE OF SERBIA IN AUGUST 2025
ANEM monitoring report for August 2025 on freedom of expression, old and new regulations and analysis of SLAPP lawsuits
The international organization Reporters Without Borders warned the public about the "sad record" that violence against media workers in Serbia has reached. The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) recorded the highest number of attacks on journalists, as well as threats and pressures to which they are exposed. Physical attacks were especially suffered by media workers during the civil protests they were reporting on, when the behavior of the police proved to be very worrying. According to the records made by NUNS, out of a total of twenty-five physical attacks, fourteen were performed by police officers.
Physical attacks were suffered by Darko Simić (Political Globe of Serbia YouTube channel journalist), journalists reporting from protests in Vrbas and Bačka Palanka (N1 cameraman Andrej Stamenković, Mašina portal editor-in-chief Marko Miletić and Jovana Danilov, journalist from Bap Vesti), journalists reporting from protests organized under the slogan "Serbia, wake up!" (portal 192 chief editor Nikola Bilić, Razglas portal editor-in-chief Žarko Bogosavljević, Zoomer portal journalists Marina Nenadović and Teodora Šulj, photojournalists Vojin Ivkov and Gavrilo Andrić, portal Mašina journalist Ana Milosavljević, student of the Faculty of Science and Mathematics who reports for several student media as a photojournalist, student who reports for the student info-portal Puls generation and again Mašina portal chief editor Marko Miletić), photojournalist Marko Dragoslavić, Radar weekly journalist Vuk Cvijić, journalists who reported from the civil protest held in the center of Belgrade on August 14 (journalists from the Zoomer, Mašina, N1, Nova S, Puls of the Generation, Blokadar and Danas newsrooms), journalist Marija Čolaković, editor-in-chief of the N2 portal Nenad Nešović, journalists who reported from the attempted blockade of the courthouse in Novi Sad (journalist from the N1 newsroom Lea Apro and Razglas portal editor-in-chief Žarko Bogosavljević).
Threats were made to journalist Jelena Mirković and TV N1 cameraman Denijal Dabić, Takt info journalist Nusreta Brunčević, A1 TV newsroom from Novi Pazar, co-author of the podcast "Good, bad, bad" Nenad Kulačin, Autonomija portal journalists, TV Nova correspondent Sanja Ignjatović Eker, journalists of Magločistač, IN media, Južne vesti, N1, Nova, Danas and Insajder. TV N1 journalist Mladen Savatović and his cameraman were disturbed while reporting from the protest in front of the Faculty of Philosophy building in Novi Sad. The journalist of the Kompas newsroom, Danica Ilić, had her phone taken away.
The editor-in-chief of TV Informer Dragan J. Vučićević, live in the program, showed and commented on intimate photos of Nikolina Sinđelić, a student and activist who, as she publicly testified, suffered police violence after the protest held on August 14, in the garage of the Government of the Republic of Serbia building. Ivan Ninić, a lawyer who actively provides legal assistance to students and activists and continuously criticizes the violation of human rights and the abuse of institutions, has been publicly targeted. Ljubomir Stefanović, editor-in-chief of the YouTube channel Slavija info, due to a post published on the social network X, the police searched the apartment, confiscated his two mobile phones and took him to the police station, where he was detained for 48 hours. A target was placed on the "field" of the daily newspaper Danas — a caricature of Predrag Koraksić Koraks. The hacker attack was experienced by the Daily European Service (DES) of the agency Beta and the media Epicenter Press.
Referring to the source and the documentation they obtained, the research network OCCRP and the research portal KRIK published an audio recording and a transcript of a conversation which is claimed to have been held by the general director of the United Group company Stan Miller and the director of Telekom Srbija Vladimira Lučić, during which the director of Telekom Srbija conveyed a message from the President of the Republic of Serbia in which Aleksandra Subotić, the executive director of the company United Media (which includes the media N1, Nova S, Danas, Radar, Forbes Srbija, Sport Klub and others).
In addition to the above, in the Monitoring of the media scene in Serbia for the month of August 2025, the reader can also be informed about the epilogue of the proceedings conducted according to the criminal charges filed for the attack on cameraman Mirko Todorović and for endangering the safety of Vojin Radovanović, journalist of the daily newspaper Danas; about news from the field of project co-financing; as well as on the first-instance judgment rendered in the proceedings conducted on the basis of a lawsuit with SLAPP features filed by the publisher of the daily newspaper Kurir against the publisher of the KRIK portal and the daily newspaper Danas.
Entire Monitoring of the media scene in Serbia for the month of August 2025 can be found here.
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Text of this Monitoring Report was prepared by expert monitoring team from the law office "Savović" in cooperation with ANEM.