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19. 10. 2011.
Međunarodne novinarske asocijacije osudile progon srpskih novinara
Međunarodna federacija novinara (IFJ, International Federation of Journalists) i Evropska federacija novinara (EFJ, European Federation of Journalists) danas su izrazile protest i ogorčenje zbog krivičnog progona novinara u Srbiji kojim preti tajno suđenje zbog navodnog odavanja državne tajne o stanju priprema za odbranu zemlje.
Predsednik IFJ-a Džim Bumela izjavio je da su optužbe protiv Jelene Spasić i Milorada Bojovića iz novosadskog “Nacionalnog građanskog” lista “nedopustive” i da su ovo dvoje novinara pretvoreni u “žrtvenu jagnjad” dok vlast u Srbiji tajnim suđenjem pokušava da prikrije činjenicu da od odgovornosti štiti svoje zaposlene koji su bili ovlašćeni da čuvaju tajnost dokumenata.
Obe međunarodne federacije novinara dale su punu podršku peticiji Udruženja novinara Srbije (http:www.uns.org.rs/Peticija/peticijaJS_cir.aspx) kojom se osuđuju optužnica protiv novinara i tajno suđenje kojim se krše osnovna prava novinara.
Predsednik EFJ-a Arne Kenig izjavio je da bi tajno suđenje novinarima bilo “izrugivanje pravdi i suprotno svim međunarodnim normama, uključujući i standarde Saveta Evrope” .
Predsednici ovih organizacija, koje okupljaju 600.000 novinara iz 120 zemalja sveta, podsetili su da je u junu ove godine u Beogradu održana godišnja konferencija EFJ-a tokom koje su evropski novinari imali i susret sa predsednikom Srbije Borisom Tadićem, kom su preneli zabrinutost zbog stalnog pogoršavanja medijskih sloboda u Srbiji.
European Journalists Back Protest Petition as Journalists Face Secret Trial in Serbia
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its European group, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) today expressed their outrage after two journalists are accused of disclosing state secrets and face secret trial. Jelena Spasic and Milorad Bojovic of Nacionalni gradjanski newspaper have been charged with publishing information deemed classified but journalists dismiss the claim as the controversial material had been obtained though fair means.
"These journalists are being made scapegoats as there is no evidence of law breaking and charges against them are unconscionable," said Jim Boumelha, IFJ President. "The authorities are resorting to secret trials to shield from responsibility those who failed to protect documents under their care."
According to IFJ affiliates in Serbia, the UNS and IJAS, the prosecuting authorities have brought charges against Jelena and her editor Milorad after the newspaper published an article quoting a government paper on the country's military combat readiness as well as the capacity to handle natural disasters. Journalists accessed the information after the document which had been submitted to Parliament was left lying around the building.
The IFJ affiliates say they had received assurances from the Serbian Ombudsman that the journalist had done nothing wrong and no action would be taken against the newspaper. The ombudsman has criticised the charges which are being brought by the prosecutor who has requested that the case be heard in closed sessions.
The IFJ and EFJ back their Serbian affiliates who launched a petition http://www.uns.org.rs/Peticija/peticijaJS_cir.aspx to condemn the charges and the proposed secret trials, saying that such a course of action violates their colleagues' fundamental rights.
"We fully support the petition as our colleagues have no case to answer for," said Arne König, EFJ President. "The attempt to trial them in secret would be a travesty of justice and contrary to all international norms of due process, including the Council of Europe' standards of dispensing justice. Journalists made their job and produced relevant and important information to the public".
The EFJ earlier this year organised its Annual meeting in Belgrade which raised with President Tadic the deteriorating conditions for media freedom in Serbia.
http://europe.ifj.org/en/articles/european-journalists-back-protest-petition-as-journalists-face-secret-trial-in-serbia
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