Freedom that current power will enthralled: Cases of assaults on journalists for a year

US State Department (DASH), within the World Human Rights Report for 2021, had calculated Serious restrictions on freedom of expression, media in Kosovo. Journalists in Kosovo as never before, during the past year and the first three months of 2022 faced challenges along their duty. The most specific and serious cases are naming links and threats coming from power, where Government leads Albin Kurti of Presidency Vjosa Osmani, writes Periscopi.

Among the cases that had made a big fuss and were opposed by great public criticism was that of the First Lord, Princeton Sadriut, who also holds the post of responsible ambassador to Skopje. He called the media criminal enterprise.

Then, as a fresh case, it is the attack by Prime Minister Albin Kurti's chief of staff, Luan Dalipi on the media. If we go to last year, there are dozens of cases of lynching and denigrate language by Vetevendosje officials, and groups or supporters of Albin Kurti through social networks.

And the latest, no less disturbing It was the conduct of Interior Minister Jelal Svecla To Periscop's reporter.

Today, on the very world day of Freedom of ExpressionPeriscope. It brings all power attacks to the media and journalists in 2021 and 2022:

15,04,2022 Interior Minister Jedal SveclaAt a press conference, he used derogatory language against journalist Besarta Hoti. The journalist has asked the minister for his sister's employment, at the Ministry of Agriculture in the Government of Kosovo, while Svecla has called “the bullshit” the journalist's questions, the behaviour of Minister Svecla is unprofesssional for the post she holds and also has sexist conflicts.

21.03.2022 ) Prime Minister Kurti's Chief of Staff Luan Dalipi, through a Facebook text, has inevitably attacked the media in Kosovo, linking them to “criminal business”, and calling on those whom he divided into dignified “ ”, boycotting them. The AGK considers such public calling of Prime Minister Kurti's closest man to the government to be very dangerous, and open call for lynching.

09.02.2022 ) Kosovo's First Master, Princeton Sadriu, has used denigrative languages to journalists and media in Kosovo, calling them “joint criminal enterprise”. When the representatives of the Joint Criminal Enterprises, prepolic journalists, and people involved in risks and millions of abuses, moralize. It's these slandering and moralists who paid a night's financing with New York $1,200 at the International Hotel Manhattan”, he wrote.

02.12,2021  Description #Me prime minister He has continued to lynching towards journalists. This group, which is open and functioning in service to the ruling party and prime minister, Albin Kurti, has repeatedly attacked journalists of different Kosovo media. Even after reopening, the group has attacked part of the media calling them the Pronto Clan. The public support of Vetëvendosje MP Victory Pacolli, to this and used language, puts journalists in serious danger, so it is punishable and accepted for AGK.

09.11,2021 Vetevendosje Movement official once this party's former MP candidate, Hysamedin FerajTo a group of journalists. In a Facebook post, Feraj has accused some Kosovo journalists that “work free for Serbia”. “It's not fair that Yerenelli is paid and grennelists, no (?) Or Kosovo owes Serbia, and these repay it by working for it free!”, Feraj wrote.

11,09,2021 Kosovo Presidential Adviser Blerim VelaHe's been using medicine link. President Vjosa Osmani's adviser, Blerim Vela, has several times used degrading language by labeling the media “former Proto”. The AGK considers this language to be lynching and serving to spread hatred and attacks on journalists and media in Kosovo.

08,09,2021 Vetevendosje Movement MP Hakki Abazi, has threatened the “Albian Post” and its director, Baton Haxhiu, due to earlier reporting on the failure of the process to appoint Kosovo's new ambassadors. In a audio-incision published by “Albanian Post”, Ahaz openly threatens Haxhiu and the medium he runs. The Kosovo Journalists' association is deeply concerned about the threat posed by Haki Abazi.

31.08.2021 ) Political party branch Vetevendosje Movement in Mitrovica, has launched certain journalists and media, starting from local portal “The ruling party's accusations that this portal is at the service of another political party are unacceptable. The call for boycotting the local portal and the language used against some journalists is lynching that seriously violates their safety.

17,04,2021 Gazeta Insander Director Parim Oluri was interviewed by Kosovo Police, following several publications that the media published about providing vaccines against COVID 19. For AGK it is completely unacceptable to interview Parim Olur, with the goal of discovering their source, since this is essentially a flagrant violation of the Law on Protection of Sources of Journalists and the right to freedom of media. This was considered a power-ordered attack.

Other cases recorded by the Association of Kosovo Journalists (AGK), as well as other total natures, are 29 for 2021, which you can find in this LINK,

Remember that report. UN also proves that journalists in Kosovo faced difficulties getting information from Government and public institutions, despite laws offering access to public documents. / P ERISCOPI/