Cases

On a Facebook post, Hysen Durmishi a High Officer of Vetevendosjes Movement, seeks to arrest the Director of Klan Kosova – Baton Haxhiu and Chief Editor of online media INSAJDERI – Vehbi Kajtazi. He has accused them of their involvement in the death of Astrit Dehari. “Astrit is killed. The killers and people who gave the order must be punished. The prosecutor must gingerly today to issue the arrest warrant on Sylë Hoxha, Nexhmi Krasniqi, Dhurata Hoxha, Baton Haxhiu, Vehbi…

Paulina Nushi, a journalist of Life in Kosovo Newspaper is insulted and denigrated by the doctor of Central University Clinic of Kosovo, – Sejdullah Mahmuti. Nushi has tried to contact Dr. Mahmuti, in order to ask about the State Prosecutor’s charge toward him. He was not responded to the phone call, then the journalist wrote a message. After the article publication, he called and insulted her. “Despite having a copy of the indictment, we wanted to give him the opportunity…

Former MP of Political Party “Vetëvendosje” and ex- Ombudsman of Kosovo- Sami Kurteshi has publicly labeled the former the General Director of Radio and Television of Kosovo RTK Mentor Shala, and Chief Editor Ridvan Berisha regarding Astrit Dehari’s death in jail. Through a post on his Facebook account, Kurteshi has incriminated them for their role in this case.

Kosovo Democratic Party (PDK) has verbally attacked Gazeta Express with a press release. Through it, PDK has publicly called Kosovo’s citizens to not take into consideration the news published by Gazeta Express. The attack of PDK become more unacceptable by saying that “The website has already embarked on this mission with a clear purpose to hurt the PDK with an incomprehensible hostility. So, therefore, we call upon all Kosovo citizens to cast doubt on the news published by…

07.22.2019, Prizren, Gramos Zurnaxhiu was obstructed, assaulted and threatened while performing his duty on 07.19.2019 during the Inspectorate action to demolish some buildings in “Abi Çarshi” complex in Prizren. He has been threatened by several company workers and unknown persons.

N.V from Becej of Vojvodina has threatened the journalist, Zana Cimili, through a comment on her daughters picture on Instagram. The man who has threatened journalist Cimili, wrote on Serbian language that he always desired to kill an Albanian. “Truth to be told, without any doubt I would rip with my teeth an Albanian child. Meanwhile, you have contributed with your work, thank you”, he wrote. “I hope that a new war will start in Kosovo and this time the Albanian terrorists…

While Enis Misini was following up developments in the sub-division of the Democratic League of Kosovo – LDK in the Mat- Pristina some people took off his camera and was not allowed to shoot a scuffle between members.

Dubrava Prison Guards have prevented a T7 journalist from interviewing a former KLA soldier who was a prisoner and witness at The Hague Tribunal. He stood upon the scene, from where he had started accusing politicians.

Through false Facebook accounts, Irfan Maliqi, a journalist at Plus Television, was threatened. He wrote two articles about women coming back from the conflict in Syria and another about the thefts phenomenon that happened recently in the town of Vitia. He received two threatening messages from different fake accounts. One of the suspects is a known person for Kosovo Police, and one of them not.

The Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo and the President of Kosovo Democratic Party (PDK), Kadri Veseli has made pressure to the Chef Editor of Gazeta Express,Leonard Kërquki, regarding news of inviting him to interview by Special Court in Hague. Veseli sent a message to Kërquki via WattsApp, which contains this: “If you want, you can go to my mother Ajshe…, but do not forget that people have families and children, it’s not ok. I’m speaking as a Speaker of the Assembly of…

The head of the Islamic Community in Peja, Musli Arifaj, has threatened BLIC journalist Diamant Balaj. He had written in the newspaper about a case where Musli Arifaj was involved in exhuming a body and re-interred it without informing family members. In this case, Kosovo Police has initiated criminal proceedings qualifying the case as “damage to cemeteries or corpses.”

The Political Adviser of PM Ramush Haradinaj, Halil Matoshi has labeled the journalist of Koha Ditore, Besnik Krasniqi as an agent of foreign services. “Besnik Krasniqi is shining in Sputnik’s special war against our Republic!?”, Matoshi wrote on the social network Facebook, attaching to the article the photos of Koha Ditore and Sputnik, while attaching the article the photos of Koha Ditore and Sputnik. The Association of Journalists of Kosovo has publicly reacted to this…

Emir Hazai a journalist from Tetovo – Macedonia, has publicly called for the massacre of journalists on the Charlie Hebdo portal PERISKOPI and INDEKSONLINE, which took place in France years ago. The owner of the media where journalist Emir Hamzai worked, according to AJK sources, has initiated legal proceedings against him.

The phone of journalist Saranda Ramaj was confiscated without the court's order by the Kosovo Police. Ramaj was stopped by the police while she was reporting on the court procedures against “People’s Eye”. The confiscation of job equipment is a hard abuse of the Law on the Protection of Journalism Sources – specifically by the articles 4, 5 and 6, as well as the article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Journalist Agim Ademi recevied threats by Lipjan municipal official via telephone call asking journalists not to deal with him.

Cameraman Meriton Dajakaj informed AJK that owners of Ekonomia Online denied him the right to use the break during working hours and the owner insulted and attempted to hit him.

The Association of Journalists of Kosovo (AGK) opposes the language used by the Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Baton Dushi, who has insulted journalist Edona Kutleshi regarding the publication of article “Chief of Cabinet of Minister Bytyqi has coffee business with MEST”, published on 06.11.2018, in the newspaper “Koha Ditore”. Dushi through a post on the social network Facebook has used offensive words towards journalist Kutleshi…

Journalist Shkumbin Kajtazi recevied threatening telephone call from Mitrovica Mayor, Agim Bahtiri. The threat came as a result of an article journalist Kajtazi wrote about an employment of a young girl in the position of the chief of staff at Bahtiri’s office.

Journalist Valon Rashiti told AJK that he was attacked on Tuesday evening by a citizen while he was covering a story. Around 7pm, journalist from television T7, Valon Rashiti was in the premises of University Clinical Centre of Kosovo covering a story about the injury of two persons that occurred in Pristina on Tuesday afternoon, and was attacked by family members of one of the victims and was hit in the head.

Journalist Bujar Vitija told AJK that on Friday afternoon he was contacted by Zenel Kuqi, procurement official of Pristina hospital, and asked for a meeting, and the journalist refused. Vitija, editor-in-chief of online magazine Shneta said that the official called him because of an article that was published by Vitija few days ago that was related about Kuqi’s trial, in which he was released on all charges. Kuqi was accused for damaging state’s budget. After Vitija refused…