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Serbian tabloid Alo maliciously interpreted (and tabloid Informer republished) the words of journalist Jelena Obućina in the introduction of her show in which she says in jargon that Vucic will “bury himself” if he does not “get smart” about Kosovo and sanctions against Russia. In the texts, these media reported: “Vučić, either recognize Kosovo or you will be buried – the tycoon media threatens the President of Serbia again”, by which they targeted the journalist and exposed her to danger. This was followed by numerous insults and threats to the journalist on social networks. In one of them, she is threatened with impalement and burning, depicted in a sexualized context. As Jelena says, she felt humiliation, disgust and insecurity at the same time, as well as fear and indifference. Nevertheless, she continues to do her job, aware of the risk she is taking, because, as she says, any withdrawal would be a reward to bullies, and she does not want that.

Tabloid Alo zlonamerno je protumačilo (a Informer preneo) reči novinarke Jelene Obućine u uvodu njene emisije, gde ona žargonski kaže da će se Vučić „pokopati” ako se ne „opameti” po pitanju Kosova i sankcija Rusiji. Ovi mediji su u tekstovima preneli: „Vučiću ili priznaj Kosovo ili ćeš biti pokopan – tajkunski mediji ponovo prete predsedniku Srbije“, čime su novinarku targetirali i izložili opasnosti. Nakon ovoga, usledile su brojne uvrede i pretnje novinarki na društvenim mrežama,  a u jednoj od njih prete joj nabijem na kolac i spaljivanjem, prikazanim u seksualizovanom kontekstu. Kako sama Jelena isitče, posle ovih pretnji istovremeno je osetila i poniženje i gađenje i nesigurnost i jednako tako i strah i ravnodušnost. Ipak, nastavlja da radi svoj posao, svesna rizika u koji se upušta, jer bi, kako kaže, svako odustajanje bilo priznanje nasilnicima, a to ne želi.

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* This name is without prejudice to the status and in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 and the opinion of the Tribunal on the Declaration and Independence of Kosovo

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