{"id":"SIG-SRB-075","country":"Serbia","excerpt":"Coalition for Media Freedom Dec 17 2024: Government \"rendered the media law amendment process meaningless\" when Minister Ristić imposed draft Law on Public Media Services bypassing working group. Ministry excluded IJAS — one of two largest journalists associations — including instead organizations \"under the control of the regime.\" IJAS included only following protest.","date_text":"17/12/2024","actor_text":"Ministry of Information; Minister Dejan Ristić","source_url":"","campaign_id":"SRB-CAMP-013","incident_id":"SRB-075","observation":{"target":"Independent media; IJAS; media pluralism","case_id":"SRB-075","country":"Serbia","signal_id":"SIG-SRB-075","harm_track":"Track 1 — Legal/Administrative","source_url":"","campaign_id":"SRB-CAMP-013","source_type":"Official/Regulatory","tactic_code":"Legislative capture; GONGO infiltration; Ministerial imposition bypassing consultation","target_type":"Sector","enabler_type":"Legislative Framework","trigger_type":"TR-01: External Political Event","actor_primary":"Ministry of Information; Minister Dejan Ristić","campaign_phase":"Stage 6: Structural Enabler","enabler_status":"Active","event_date_raw":"17/12/2024","channel_primary":"Official/Regulatory","date_confidence":"exact","campaigns_served":"SRB-CAMP-013; SRB-CAMP-011; SRB-CAMP-012","confidence_notes":"Exact date December 17 2024. Primary source: Coalition for Media Freedom statement. Stage 6 structural enabler serving three campaigns. Second cycle — first cycle January 2022 documented. EU pre-accession funding deadline used to justify rush.","escalation_stage":"6","actor_type_primary":"Government Official","source_text_excerpt":"Coalition for Media Freedom Dec 17 2024: Government \"rendered the media law amendment process meaningless\" when Minister Ristić imposed draft Law on Public Media Services bypassing working group. Ministry excluded IJAS — one of two largest journalists associations — including instead organizations \"under the control of the regime.\" IJAS included only following protest.","consequence_category":"Legal/Administrative","secondary_source_url":"","event_date_normalized":"2024-12-17","primary_narrative_code":"NF-09","primary_narrative_label":"Political Interference","secondary_narrative_code":"NF-07","institutional_consequence":"Law on Public Media Services imposed bypassing independent media; three media laws amended under captured process","secondary_narrative_label":"Democratic Mandate Attack"},"response_id":null,"source_type":"Official/Regulatory","target_text":"Independent media; IJAS; media pluralism","date_confidence":"exact","normalized_date":"2024-12-17","confidence_notes":"Exact date December 17 2024. Primary source: Coalition for Media Freedom statement. Stage 6 structural enabler serving three campaigns. Second cycle — first cycle January 2022 documented. EU pre-accession funding deadline used to justify rush.","secondary_source_url":""}