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We, the undersigned, utterly condemn the new ruling coalition's
brutal pressure on the critical media and journalists in Montenegro.
As expected, the pressure had escalated this week: Darko Šuković,
the editor of Antena M, as well as the columnist of that website
Dragan Bursać, had received death threats.
The threats cause even more concerns, given the fact that they came
from properly organized and technically literate far-right
extremists; ideological successors of those who participated in all
the post-Yugoslav wars, as well as in aggression of the Russian
forces on Ukrain, where numerous war crimes were committed.
On top of everything are the threats of Dekratska Crna Gora (the
Democrats), whose leader, Aleksa Bečić is the Chair of the
Parliament. That political party had foremost, published an
illegally recorded private conversation of a journalist Tamara
Nikčević and opposition politician Miodrag Živković. Afterward, in
an Orwellian-Stalinist-Kafkaesque manner, they filed criminal
charges against T. Nikčević, due to the content of the private
conversation, which they had previously recorded and eavesdropped.
Naturally, following this violence conducted by the Democrats, the
extremists had joined the leaders of the ruling majority in
combatting their critics. Editor and columnist of Antena M received
death threats and bomb-throwing threats.
Events mentioned above were inevitable since the Montenegrin
authorities have systematically been preparing the public for combat
with critical media and independent intellectuals.
Prime minister Zdravko Krivokapić and his Deputy (and Security
services coordinator) Dritan Abazović, are frequently commenting on
the media activities. They are also sending threats and instructions
to journalists, editors, and ownership structure members of critical
media. A few days before the tormenting attack on Tamara Nikčević,
the senior official of URA Miloš Konatar has explicitly marked that
critical media are, as he said "quasi-media", and that the authors
who are expressing criticism are "quasi-intellectuals". This is a
clear example of the groundwork laying for the prosecution and
violence against the journalists - Given the fact that the attack on
them, according to the authority's statements, doesn't represent the
attack on freedom of speech. Likewise, if they are quasi-journalists
then the attack on them is a quasi-attack.
However, what concerns the most is the lack of reaction from
international journalist organizations, which are promoting and
defending press freedoms.
We demand prosecution and punishments of all those who are
threatening to any journalist, regardless of gender, sexual,
ideological, editorial, or any other affiliations. We, as well,
demand the authorities to stop their intimidation strategy and to
prevent further deterrence of the journalists, which can lead to
shutting down of the opposition media.
We expect the Montenegrin judiciary to take lawful and fair action
in criminal charges they had received in case of illegal recording
and publishing of a Nikčević's private conversation.
In the end, from the international community, European Union in
Montenegro in particular, we expect a consistent and indiscriminate
defense of the European values, the values in which we, the
undersigned strongly believe.
1. Veton Surroi
2. Vukić Pulević
3. Sonja Biserko
4. Tanja Petovar
5. Senad Pećanin
6. Dino Mustafic
7. Boro Kontic
8. Šeki Radončić
9. Slaviša Lekić
10. Mehmed Zenka
11. Andrej Nikolaidis
12. Ahmed Burić
13. Nenad Prokić
14. Nenad Čaluković
15. Miodrag Živković
16. Novak Adžić
17. Davor Gjenero
18. Milivoj Bešlin
19. Svetislav Basara
20. Faruk Šehić
21. Dragan Banjac
22. Dr Milenko A. Perović
23. Dr Dinko Gruhonjić
24. Zoran Vuletic
25. Tomislav Marković
26. Aleksandar Olenik
27. Momir Samardžić
28. Nikola Samardžić
29. Slobodan Sadžakov
30. Srđan Šušnica
31. Dušan Mijić
32. Milorad Popovic
33. Adnan Čirgić
34. Žarko Korać
35. Nikola Martinović
36. Draško Đuranović
37. Tinka Đuranović
38. Miodrag Vlahović
39. Danilo Burzan
40. Vlado Vurušić
41. Rade Vojvodić
42. Rosanda Kovijanić
43. Predrag Vučinić
44. Adriana Žolja Bošković
45. Mirka Dević
46. Dr Milorad Nikčević
47. Jelena Šćepanović
48. Tamara Radonjić
49. Igor Rudović
50. Esad Krcić
51. Aleksandar Sekulović
52. Aleksandra Popović
53. Ivona Vlahović
54. Aleksandra Tomović
55. Jovana Gardašević
56. Branko Vukelić
57. Tijana Radulović
58. Danica Janković
59. Jelena Vađon Đurišić
60. Sandra Nikitović
61. Milan Nikčević
62. Dimitrije Benić
63. Milena Baltić
64. Dejan Vlahović
65. Erika Sedlak
66. Mirko Sedlak
67. Biljana Božović
68. Nenad Štrbac
69. Đorđije Njunjić
70. Boban Batrićević
71. Aleksandar Radoman
72. Ljubomir Filipović
73. Dr Boris Varga
75. Mijat Lakićević
76. Azem Vllasi
77. Slavko Đurđić
78. Čedomila Vujošević Đurđić
79. Anđa Backovic
80. Goran Milutinović
81. Ranko Perović
82. Olivera Srzentić
83. Slađana Folić
84. Marija Žižić
85. Sandra Pajović
86. Zorka Kovačević
87. Biljana Jovićević
88. Lidija Leković
89. Nevenka Jovović
90. Aleksandra Pavićević
91. Sanja Blečić
92. Milena Bigović
93. Nataša Baranin
94. Snežana Rakonjac
95. Tanja Šuković
96. Dijana Femić
97. Zoran Š Kovačević
98. Marija Lakić
99. Marta Vlahović
100. Danilo Marunović
101. Mirko Grujić
102. Snežana Vuksanović
103. Anđe Kapičić
104. Maja Leković
105. Lidija Leković
106. Srđan Mugoša
107. Dragan Tomašević
108. Aleksandar Saša Zeković
109. Janko Ljumović
110. Ranko Đonović
111. Milan Filipović
112. Danilo Perišić
113. Đorđe Šćepović
114. Sreten Vujovic
115. Borislav Cimeša
116. Dino Burdžević
117. Faiz Softić
118. Dragana Tripković
119. Snežana Burzan
120. Azra Jasavić
121. mr Jadranka Selhanović
122. Mr Sead Čirgić
123. Aleksandar Čogurić
124. Boris Marinović
125. Mensura Lula Mikijelj
126. Novica Vujović
127. Kaćuša Krsmanović
128. Miodrag Bajković
129. mr Zorica Mrvaljević
130. Dr Sofija Kalezić
131. Radovan Damjanović
132. Čedomir Drašković
133. Dragan B. Perović
134. Aleksandar Čilikov
135. Stevan Radunović, dipl.ecc.
136. Nikola Belada
137. Dr Branislav Marović
138. Momčilo Momo Zeković
139. Ratko Odalović
140. Vasko Raičević
141. Slobodanka Koprivica.
142. Dr Vladimir Vojinović
143. Marijana Laković Drašković
144. Aleksandra Radoman-Kovačević
145. Anđela Ivanović
146. Mr Nemanja Batrićević
147. Mr Nemanja Stankov
148. Prof. dr Olivera Komar
149. Ranko Kovačević
150. Sanja Orlandić
151. Jelena Šušanj
152. Milan Marković
153. Nikola Popović
154. Milutin Mijović
155. Stefan Todorović
156. Ivana Rondović
157. Milutin Marković
158. Dejan Batrićević
159. Draško Došljak
160. Isidora Kovačević
161. Radojka Muhadinović
162. Tatjana Jović
163. Dragutin Đerković
164. Slavko Otašević
165. Vesna Vulaš
166. Maja Obradović
167. Jelena Baćović
168. Vladimir Obradović
169. Matija Obradović
170. Dr Hajdana Nikčević
171. Katarina Glomazić
172. Zoran Marković
173. Dr Risto Krivokapić
174. Ivana Rabrenović
175. Pavle Radić
176. Zoran Pažin
177. Božidar Šundić
178. Siniša Adamović
179. Tanja Piperović
180. Mira Radović
181. Sanija Alilović
182.Dragoslava Đukanović
183. Lidija Vujović |
