{"id":1369,"date":"2017-11-11T12:47:43","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T12:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/internewskosova.org\/?p=1369"},"modified":"2018-03-12T12:49:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T12:49:30","slug":"birn-kosovo-journalist-threatened-at-a-protest-in-gjilan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internewskosova.org\/en\/birn-kosovo-journalist-threatened-at-a-protest-in-gjilan\/","title":{"rendered":"BIRN Kosovo Journalist Threatened at a Protest in Gjilan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 21.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #222222;\">On November 11,\u00a0Taulant\u00a0Osmani, a BIRN Kosovo Journalist,\u00a0was verbally abused and threatened with physical attack during a protest\u00a0in\u00a0Gjilan\u00a0against the relocation of a monument dedicated to the fallen of\u00a0the 1941-1945 Anti-Fascist War.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 21.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #222222;\">Osmani\u00a0was covering the protest, following his\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/prishtinainsight.com\/gjilan-torn-relocation-50-year-old-yugoslav-statue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"m-7611525423415425252s6\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #1c6bab; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;\">earlier reporting on the tense debate between\u00a0Gjilan\u2019s\u00a0residents, governance, and civil society<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #222222;\">\u00a0regarding the monument\u2019s relocation. A statue of early-twentieth-century Albanian military leader\u00a0Idriz\u00a0Seferi\u00a0is being erected in its original place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 21.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #222222;\">Osmani\u00a0was recording a heated discussion among individuals debating the differing sides\u00a0when one of the discussants asked him why was he filming, while two others tried to attack him and take his phone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 21.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #222222;\">\u201cAs a journalist,\u00a0in ord<a name=\"m_-7611525423415425252__GoBack\"><\/a>er to\u00a0portray how polarized citizens are regarding this issue, I started filming their debate.\u00a0The\u00a0person reacted aggressively with words, he verbally attacked me asking why I\u2019m filming. In that moment, two other individuals intervened by shoving me, cursing at me and grabbing my phone,\u201d\u00a0Osmani\u00a0explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 21.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #222222;\">Osmani said\u00a0he does not know what would have happened if other residents would not have intervened.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #222222;\">BIRN journalist\u00a0Taulant\u00a0Osmani\u00a0reported the case to the police, and the Kosovo Association of Journalists, AGK, condemned the attempted attack.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 11,\u00a0Taulant\u00a0Osmani, a BIRN Kosovo Journalist,\u00a0was verbally abused and threatened with physical attack during a protest\u00a0in\u00a0Gjilan\u00a0against the relocation of a monument dedicated to the fallen of\u00a0the 1941-1945 Anti-Fascist War. 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