ZAGREB, Jan 28 (Hina) - Forum 21, an independent organisation of electronic media, on Friday called on authorities to protect the personal safety and professional dignity of Zagreb's OTV reporter Josip Kelemen and his television crew,
as well as their families. Kelemen and his crew have been bodily threatened for having reported on bakers in Zagreb not respecting regulations in the production of bread and rolls, Forum 21 said. Defending the right of reporters to freely conduct their professional duties, Forum 21 expects of the Croatian Government to use instruments of a law-based state to most ardently oppose all attempts of intimidation and threats to reporters who wish to provide the public with complete and unbiased information, the statement said.(hina) lml
ZAGREB, Jan 28 (Hina) - Forum 21, an independent organisation of
electronic media, on Friday called on authorities to protect the
personal safety and professional dignity of Zagreb's OTV reporter
Josip Kelemen and his television crew, as well as their families.
Kelemen and his crew have been bodily threatened for having
reported on bakers in Zagreb not respecting regulations in the
production of bread and rolls, Forum 21 said.
Defending the right of reporters to freely conduct their
professional duties, Forum 21 expects of the Croatian Government to
use instruments of a law-based state to most ardently oppose all
attempts of intimidation and threats to reporters who wish to
provide the public with complete and unbiased information, the
statement said.
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