The last night’s explosion at the door of Jevrem Brković’s flat may be perceived as a frightening message to this writer who was attacked by masked persons with metal rods in 2006 in Podgorica, also in front of the building where he lives, soon after he published a novel describing ties between members of the ruling circle and mafia in Montenegro. During the attack, his driver Srđan Vojičić was killed. The attack and murder have not been resolved to this day, nor was anyone ever accused for those crimes.

NGO Human Rights Action appeals to competent state bodies to fully resolve the attack on Brković and Vojičić from 2006 including its background, as well as the last night’s explosion at the door of Brković’s flat. Violence against people who express different opinion must be seriously and credibly prevented and punished in the country that considers itself a democracy, such as Montenegro, which is also required to actively protect freedom of expression by its membership in the United Nations, the Council of Europe and OSCE and by its aspirations to join the European Union.