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Editorial staff received death threat (bullet to the forehead); followed by second threat (you will end up in a barrel) after going public. ANEM president Veran Matic noted 80+ …

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Editorial staff received death threat (bullet to the forehead); followed by second threat (you will end up in a barrel) after going public. ANEM president Veran Matic noted 80+ threats reported to Special Prosecutor for High-Tech Crime over 18 months with zero prosecutions — systematic impunity functioning as enforcement infrastructure without state fingerprint.
country
Serbia
date text
May 2026
entities
sources
  • citation
    Civic Initiatives, Three Freedoms Under the Magnifying Glass, 22 May-4 June 2026
tactics
campaign ids
campaign phase
Phase 4: Enforcement
channels
  • Extra-institutional / Direct Threat
consequence category
Physical Threat / Intimidation
created at
2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00
date precision
month
escalation
4
harm track
Track 3 — Physical Safety
id
SRB-095
institutional consequence
Zero prosecutions across 80+ reported journalist threats; impunity normalized as enforcement baseline
notes
Part of May-June 2026 journalist threat cluster. ANEM 80+ threats / zero prosecutions statistic documents systemic impunity as structural enforcement mechanism, not case-by-case failure. Recoded from TC-47 to TC-51 (Direct Intimidation): threats and physical attacks are not employment consequences. TC-20 retained as secondary — state impunity is the structural enabler.
occurred on
2026-05-01
updated at
2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00
version
1

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