1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/CPJ Update: Crackdown on the Independent Media in Yugoslavia - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="0Eu6K0Qx1r"><a href="https://cpj.org/1999/03/cpj-update-crackdown-on-the-independent-media-in-y/">CPJ Update: Crackdown on the Independent Media in Yugoslavia</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/1999/03/cpj-update-crackdown-on-the-independent-media-in-y/embed/#?secret=0Eu6K0Qx1r" width="600" height="338" title="“CPJ Update: Crackdown on the Independent Media in Yugoslavia” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="0Eu6K0Qx1r" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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March 28,1999 -- Long before the initiation of NATO air strikes, Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has systematically targeted the independent media in Yugoslavia. In the past few days he has stepped up this repression. Several independent radio stations were banned, a Pristina-based independent newspaper was forcibly closed down and independent journalists were harassed and threatened…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260