Verbal threat, Taulant Osmani, Pristina, 22.02.2018
A Kosovo’s Assembly security guard forcibly removed a journalist from the building claiming that the journalist had an expired accreditation. The journalist told the security guard that no one from media has yet received 2018 accreditations from the Assembly.
| State | Kosovë |
|---|---|
| Name and Surname | Taulant Osmani |
| Gender | Mashkull |
| Date | 22/02/2018 00:00 |
| City | Prishtinë |
| Type of Incident | Frikësim – kërcënim verbal (përfshirë kërcënimet me vdekje) |
| From who | Sigurimi |
| The Offender / Suspect | I Panjohur |
| Type of media | Online |
| Media Name | Kallxo.com |
| Source | Raportimet e medieve |
| Public Prosecutor | |
| Judiciary | Nuk ka filluar procedurë ligjore |
| Judiciary Status | |
| Legal Closure | |
| Has the Journalist Association been notified? | Po |
| Has the incident been reported to the authorities | Jo |
| A është raportuar incidenti në prokurori? | |
| Associations Respond | Association of Journalists of Kosovo condemns the violent remove of a journalist from Kosovo’s Assembly on Thursday by a security individual. The AJK considers that this event is a direct obstacle of work of media and condemns the violent act against the journalist, despite that there was a clarification among them about the expired accreditation. No one has the right to act with violence against media workers and in particular in situations when the reporting has direct interests for the public of our country. |