The Media Council for Self-Regulation strongly condemns the insults and threats directed at journalist Duško Kovačević after the publication of the author's text on a topic of public interest. We believe that such vocabulary and tone represent unacceptable pressure on journalists and an attempt of intimidation, which contradicts the basic principles of freedom of expression and professional communication in the public space.
The Media Council for Self-Regulation expresses serious concern regarding the final decision of the High Court for Misdemeanors in Bijelo Polje, which acquitted three adult defendants of responsibility for attacks and threats against journalists during reporting from Gornji Zaostro in August 2025.
The Media Council for Self-Regulation expresses serious concern about yesterday's summoning of the columnist Duško Kovačević to an informative interview with the police due to a published column and public criticism of state authorities, and warns that a pattern is increasingly being established in Montenegro in which the word of a journalist is viewed as a problem and not as the foundation of a democratic society.
The Media Council for Self-Regulation expresses serious concern regarding the statement of the director of the Police Administration, Lazar Šćepanović, who, during a guest appearance on the show, told journalist Petar Komnenić that "he will be prosecuted after this for the insult" and threatened him for using a stylistic figure with which he described the work of the institution.
