June 18, 2017

18/06/2017: SERBIA – SEEMO CONCERNED FOLLOWING POTENTIAL POLITICALLY MOTIVATED RETALIATION IN SERBIA

Vienna, 18/06/2017

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) expressed concern after claims of politically motivated retaliation have been raised against a media company in Serbia, Adria Media Group (AMG) and ist owner Aleksandar Rodic.

This was followed immediately by a statement issued by a leading politician in the country in which he accuses Rodic of being involved in “illegal acts” without providing any proof, as well as labeling him as a “Croatian spy”, “Albanian mercenary”, “traitor” etc.

“SEEMO will be following the problems of daily Kurir and AMG company closely” Oliver Vujovic, SEEMO Secretary General stated. </p>

<p> SEEMO is a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in South, East and Central Europe and its press freedom work is supported by the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) project, as part of a grant by the European Commission.