Mikijelj, Jankovic & Bogdanovic has successfully represented the interests of Serbian TV hosts Zoran Kesic and Ivan Ivanovic before the Press Council of Serbia regarding an alleged violation of the Code of Ethics of Serbian Journalists by daily newspaper Telegraf and the news portal republika.rs.
According to Mikijelj, Jankovic & Bogdanovic, the case revolved around articles published in Telegraf and republika.rs in which the signer Aleksandar Vuksanovic -- better known as Aca Lukas -- threatened to kill Ivanovic and Kesic if his mother died because of their calls to come out to the streets and "disregard self-isolation measures.” The TV hosts' complaint alleges that the singer’s threat was based on “inaccurate information,” which the newspaper and news portal had failed to verify. In addition, the complaint alleges that a second article "contains several assertions that can be characterized as hate speech and incitement to violence towards Kesic and Ivanovic.”
Mikijelj, Jankovic & Bogdanovic reports that the Press Council found for Kesic and Ivanovic, and that the articles violated the provisions of the Code of Conduct concerning journalists’ obligation to uphold the culture and ethics of the public word, and the dignity and integrity of the people they write about.
The Mikijelj, Jankovic & Bogdanovic team included Attorney Lena Petrovic.
