Cases

On 09.06 2015, Kohavision team consisted by the journalist Donika Voca and the cameraman Shemsi Igrishta were threatened and impeded in their work by the director of the high school “Hamdi Berisha” in Malisevo, Izet Hoti. Voca and Igrishta were threatened not to publish the news that aimed to work on and later were expelled from school. The principle, Izet Hoti has not allowed the team to take footages outside of the school building and threatened again to break the camera and that he will deal personally with the cameraman and the journalist. Moreover, according to the journalist and cameraman, Izet Hoti apperead in the office of the Director of Education in the Municipality and continued to pressure that the news will not be published and requested the Director of Education not to talk to camera related to the case.

State	Kosovë
Name and Surname	Ekipi i Kohavisionit, KTV
Gender	Mashkull
Date	09/06/2015 00:00
City	Prishtinë
Type of Incident	Frikësim – kërcënim verbal (përfshirë kërcënimet me vdekje)
From who	Nga zyrtarët publik
The Offender / Suspect	I Panjohur
Type of media	Radio dhe Televizion
Media Name	KTV
Source	Gazetaret
Public Prosecutor
Judiciary	Nuk ka filluar procedurë ligjore
Judiciary Status
Legal Closure	Kryerësi I veprës është liruar, arsyetimi
Has the Journalist Association been notified?	Po
Has the incident been reported to the authorities	Jo
A është raportuar incidenti në prokurori?
Associations Respond	The Association of Journalists of Kosovo condemned such cases which are direct obstacle of the work of journalists. AJK called on the Education Director of Malisevo municipality to distance itself from the actions of the high school director.