Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation

Abuse of Journalists Rarely Punished by Serbian Courts: Report

A report analysing court cases for crimes against journalists, published on Tuesday by the Belgrade-based Slavko Curuvija Foundation and Centre for Judicial Research, says that on average, only one in ten criminal complaints about threats to or attacks on journalists results in a court verdict.

21st anniversary of the murder of Slavko Curuvija

Curuvija was killed on April 11, 1999, during a NATO bombing of the FRY in front of his home in downtown Belgrade where he lived, that day was Easter according to the Julian calendar.
Four years ago, four members of the then State Security Division were sentenced to execution for liquidation a year ago, totaling 100 years in prison.

'Weak' Serbian Media Can't Resist Political Pressure: Research

Serbian media's economic unsustainability and dependence on the authorities for advertising, combined with a poor professional culture and a lack of protection and financial security for journalists, allows politicians to exert control over media organisations, according to the research published on Tuesday.

"Censorship in Serbia is easy to prove" - RWB

"Censorship in Serbia is easy to prove" - RWB

BELGRADE -- Executive director of Reporters Without Borders Christian Mihr has said that "censorship in Serbia is neither direct nor transparent, but is easy to prove."

Mihr is one of the authors of the organization's recently published report about media freedom in the world, the Beta agency said.

CSOs urge prosecutor's office to check BIRN's allegations

BELGRADE - Civil society organizations (CSOs) overseeing the work of public institutions and the media in Serbia demanded Friday from the Republic Public Prosecutor's Office to initiate pre-investigation proceedings and check all allegations by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) about abuses in the Serbian government's tender for pumping water from a mine at the Kolubara coal bas

Curuvija Foundation welcomes indictment in Curuvija case

BELGRADE - The Slavko Curuvija Foundation welcomed the decision of the Organized Crime Prosecutor's Office to press charges against the suspects for the murder of journalist Slavko Curuvija and supported the work of the Commission for investigating murders of journalists, the Organized Crime Prosecutor's Office and the other competent institutions in this field.

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