Tatjana Lazarevic, the editor-in-chief of North Mitrovica’s local new portal, Kossev, was arrested on Saturday by Kosovo Police for allegedly violating Kosovo’s curfew. She was on duty at the time.
The police released Lazarevic later in the day.
“This is another pressure on our journalists, and an attempt to prevent our work,” reports Kossev.info.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kosovo confirmed that the curfew, which was set to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, does not apply to journalists and media workers, who need to report on the disease from the field.