Serbian press freedom faces ‘critical’ situation, media monitoring group warns

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Serbian press freedom faces ‘critical’ situation, media monitoring group warns

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Press freedom in Serbia has reached a “critical” situation, with attacks and threats against journalists on the rise amid massive anti-government protests, an international media monitoring group said on Wednesday.

Serbian press freedom faces 'critical' situation, media monitoring group warns

An international media monitoring group is warning that the situation with the press and media freedom in Serbia is ‘critical’ with attacks and threats against journalists on the rise since the start of massive anti-corruption protests

The persecution of dissidents in Serbia has been going on for years, but it has now become completely open.

Predrag Petrović from the Belgrade Center for Security Policy (BCBP) assessed for KRIK that the current arrests are a tactic to intimidate people who are present in public and who criticize the government in Serbia. "It seems that this tactic is actually something that happened in Russia because the authorities in that country [...] The post Petrović on the current arrests: Intimidation of all who criticize the government appeared first on KRIK.