The Association of Professional Journalists of Montenegro (DPNCG) condemns the arrest of two journalists, Dražen Živković and Gojko Raičević, and expresses its fear of the creation of a climate in which journalists and the media work, that is, the denial of freedom of expression.
Raičević, the editor of the IN4S portal, and Živković, the editor of the Borba portal, were detained last night. They were invited to an informative interview last night to gather information about the text that was published yesterday on the IN4S and Borba portals. The Police Administration announced that Živković and Raičević were deprived of their liberty due to the suspicion that they had committed criminal acts of causing panic and disorder.
"Society does not support the method of reporting by media whose editors have been arrested, but we strongly protest the political confrontation of the authorities with those media and their editors. Arresting journalists creates an atmosphere of fear, censorship and self-censorship in which every piece of our information can be judged as intended to cause panic and the police and the prosecutor's office have no evidence for that," states the statement of the DPNCG.
They pointed out that they have no doubt that the Government is behind this, as well as the arrest of Anđela Đikanović.
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"The same one that is obliged to fulfill the temporary standards from two key chapters - which treat freedom of the media. Instead, the Government is sowing fear among all journalists, including those who try to point out social anomalies and write in the public interest. Who is next? ", they said from the DPNCG.
Former editor and journalist of FOS media Anđela Đikanović was arrested on January 5 for the criminal offense of causing panic and disorder.
The journalist was arrested just a few hours after she published the text "FOS finds out: ROSU members available to Montenegro for Christmas Day".
Her detention was terminated on January 6.
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