Verbal, online or physical attack: Online intimidation or smear
Since her release from jail on unjustified charges of “spreading panic” about COVID-19 in an article she wrote about the lack of basic PPE in a city hospital, Serbian journalist Ana Lalić has received several serious threats, calls for prosecution from pro-government media, and been targeted in an online smear campaign branding her an enemy of the state, making her fear for her safety.