Kosovo - Newspaper owner attacks head of Kosovo journalists' association

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Tribuna newspaper owner Sejdi Demiri yesterday physically attacked one of his journalists, Zekirja Shabani, after Shabani, as head of the Kosovo Journalists' Association (AGK), announced he was suing the newspaper for failing to pay its staff on time. The attack took place when Demiri summoned Shabani to his office and tried to get him to sign a document terminating his contract. Shabani refused because it appeared to be a reprisal for his activity as head of the union. “It was at this (...)

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