Periscope Minister Haxhiu: Does power feel responsible for the environment of hostility toward journalists

She was asked although they haven't reacted to official social media profiles since it's mostly spreading hate speech.

I think it's good when circumstances change even questions. As you have seen, both the prime minister and I and Minister Hajdari have condemned the attack last night and called on the institutions, whether the police or justice, to deal seriously with this case and not just this case, but every case that has occurred and which is an attack on journalists and Olycetics”, she told Periscope.

Kosovo is a democratic state, so attacks due to free speech, thought otherwise are unacceptable. So if a social network reaction is more important to you, it's more important to me that a response to the Government meeting, a reaction here at the building of Government”.

Haxhiu said he agrees that hate speech is spreading on social networks and said institutions should follow these cases and must receive due punishment.

I'm not a cop, not a prosecutor, not a judge. The institutions of justice must do their job”.

Haxhiu was also asked about the latest report discussing the situation of journalists in Kosovo, but she avoided mentioning the journalists' lynching by officials.

A recently published report says that the situation is serious in the sense of not being serious and in time of such attacks, so even today I call on institutions to do their job and I call on Kosovo citizens to respect the opinion and the free word”.