Vienna, 18 December 2019
Serbian investigative reporter Stevan Dojcinovic, the editor of the Crime and Corruption Investigations Network (KRIK), has been banned from entering the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), where he was planning to attend a UN conference on organized crime and corruption.
Dojcilovic returned to Serbia on 18 December in the morning after U.A.E. authorities prevented him from entering the country. He was held for 12 hours at the airport police station.
The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) condenms this ban by authorities in U.A.E ans is asking also Serbian authorties and Serbian Ministry for Foreign Affairs to react officially and support the journalist