April 17, 2025
The trial of the Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation based on the lawsuit filed by three former members of the State Security Services has been postponed due to the judge falling ill. The trial based on the lawsuit of three men previously accused of murdering Slavko Ćuruvija and subsequently acquitted was scheduled to take place on the anniversary of the day when the journalist was shot dead 26 years ago.
Journalists and citizens gathered in front of the Belgrade courthouse in support of the Foundation, having responded to the invitation of three associations of journalists and media outlets.
SĆF Executive Director Ivana Stevanović said that the anniversary of the murder is this year taking place in an atmosphere that’s reminiscent of 1999, when Ćuruvija was gunned down.
“We now have open repression and illegal arrests of media columnists, calls for journalists to be arrested, threats from the highest positions of power levelled against prosecutors who won’t arrest journalists, terrible crackdowns and targeting. We are really afraid that this is heading in a direction that doesn’t suit anyone, and after which there really will be no return,” Stevanović.
