Journalists from Slobodna Dalmacija were banned from entering Serbia before the protest because, as they were told, they represent a security risk
The journalistic team of Slobodna Dalmacija from Split was forbidden to enter on Friday (March 14). Serbia with the explanation that they represent a security risk, that newspaper published on the portal.
The team of Slobodna Dalmacija went to Belgrade to report from the big student event protest in Belgrade.
According to the Split newspaper, the Serbian police stopped their journalist team at the border, took them aside and took their documents, and after they determined that they were journalists, they were banned from entering Serbia.
They received a paper explaining that journalists from Split represent a security risk.
Referring to unofficial information, the newspaper writes that some other journalistic teams from Croatia were also banned from entering Serbia by the regime in Belgrade so that they would not report on the protest.
ANEM's reaction
The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) requested, in connection with the impossibility of media teams from Croatia to enter Serbia, that competent institutions enable all journalists, media workers and newsrooms to enter and monitor current events in Serbia.
The association believes that "there is no reason for such a drastic measure of restricting media freedom".
"The measures taken prove that the level of freedom of expression in Serbia is drastically threatened and represent an unjustified attempt to prevent free reporting on protests outside the borders of our country," the statement said.
Source: Slobodna Dalmacija/Beta/Fonet
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