Tufik Softić

10/07/2018

10/7/2018 APPEAL COURT INCREASES DAMAGES AWARD TO JOURNALIST FOLLOWING FAILURE OF MONTENEGRIN AUTHORITIES TO INVESTIGATE ATTACKS AGAINST HIM

On 6 July 2018 the Higher Court in Podgorica handed down a judgment increasing an award of damages made by the Basic Court of Podgorica against […]
30/11/2017

30/11/2017 CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF MONTENEGRO FINDS FAILURE TO INVESTIGATE VIOLENT ATTACK TO BE A VIOLATION OF JOURNALIST’S RIGHT TO LIFE

Human Rights Action (HRA) and Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) welcome the decision of the Constitutional Court of Montenegro, supported by all seven judges, which found […]
17/11/2017

16/11/2017 COUNCIL OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF MONTENEGRO FAILED TO ADOPT THE COMPLAINT OF JOURNALIST TUFIK SOFTIĆ FOR UNKNOWN REASONS -THE SESSION OF ALL JUDGES WILL DECIDE

Council members of the Constitutional Court of Montenegro today, for unknown reasons, voted against the proposal of Judge Rapporteur Miodrag Iličkovic for adoption of the constitutional […]
20/10/2017

20/10/2017 COURT ADOPTS CLAIM OF JOURNALIST TUFIK SOFTIĆ AGAINST THE STATE OF MONTENEGRO

The Basic Court in Podgorica adopted the claim for damages filed by journalist Tufik Softic against the state of Montenegro due to state failure to provide […]
22/02/2017

22/2/2017 BEGINNING OF THE TRIAL TUFIK SOFTIĆ AGAINST THE STATE FOR DAMAGE COMPENSATION

Tomorrow before the Basic Court in Podgorica begins the trial on the lawsuit of journalist Tufik Softić against the State of Montenegro for non-pecuniary damages due […]
14/12/2016

14/12/2016 ANOTHER BLOW TO JOURNALIST TUFIK SOFTIĆ

Abolition of police protection for Tufik Softić is yet another blow to the journalist who was researching and informing on organized crime in the north of […]
09/11/2016

9/11/2016 TUFIK SOFTIĆ CASE: STATE PROSECUTOR DENIGRATES THE PROBLEM OF UN-INVESTIGATED ATTACK ON JOURNALIST BY PLEA AGREEMENT

By concluding a plea agreement with Draško Vuković, who admitted to had falsely testified about attackers on journalist Tufik Softić and agreed to pay the fine […]
03/11/2016

3/11/2016 REPORT “PROSECUTION OF ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS IN MONTENEGRO (2004-2016)” PUBLISHED YESTERDAY

Human Rights Action (HRA) marked the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists by publishing a report on 55 cases of attacks on journalists […]
01/11/2016

1/11/2016 NINE YEARS OF UNINVESTIGATED ATTEMPTED MURDER OF JOURNALIST TUFIK SOFTIĆ

Nine years ago from today two persons who remain unidentified to date attacked Montenegrin journalist Tufik Softić in front of his family home in Berane, causing […]
03/06/2016

3/6/2016 A PANEL DISCUSSION: TOWARDS THE RULE OF LAW AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: HOW TO ENSURE PUNISHING ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS, HOW TO PREVENT SUCH ATTACKS AND PROVIDE A LEGAL FRAMEWORK FAVORABLE FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM?

Today was held a panel discussion entitled “Towards the rule of law and freedom of expression: how to ensure punishing attacks on journalists, how to prevent […]
03/05/2016

2/5/2016 HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION ON THE OCCASION OF THE WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY

Montenegro is not providing sufficient conditions for development of free and critical journalism. On the one hand, there is no progress in solving and punishing the […]
07/04/2016

6/4/2016 SPECIAL STATE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE IS CHECKING CLAIMS OF OBSTRUCTION OF THE INVESTIGATION OF ATTACK ON JOURNALIST TUFIK SOFTIĆ

State Prosecutor’s Office submitted the case files to the Special State Prosecutor’s Office to investigate whether the activities of public prosecutors and other officials who were […]