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Serbian journalist arrested over article on health clinic鈥檚 handling of COVID-19

01.04.2020

Date:
01.04.2020
Number of cases:
1
Regions/Countries:
Serbia
Alert types:
Arrest/detention/charges: Arrest/detention under fake news laws

Serbian journalist Ana Lalic of online news portal Nova.rs was arrested and detained overnight for 鈥渟preading panic鈥� and damaging the reputation of a clinical centre in the city of Vojvodina after she wrote an article about the lack of basic protective COVID-19 equipment available to its medical workers.

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