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TV Vijesti reporter Radomir Kračković who covered the protests of the Democratic Front (DF) in front of the Parliament of Montenegro, said that the protest was mostly peaceful. He added that there were provocations addressed to the police. Some people also threw small objects on police. Kračković said that the demonstrators were largely patient.
Union of Media of Montenegro (SMCG) strongly condemned the attacks of demonstrators and police on journalists and other media workers that took place on last night's DF protests, when journalists were verbally and physically assaulted while performing their work assignments.
For several months the refugee crisis has been dominating the Balkan media and had occupied the opening of all the news of the region. However, these hundreds of thousands of migrants have been used as pretext to revive old national quarrels and to serve political interests.
In a letter addressed to the Minister of Internal Affairs Raško Konjević, police director Slavko Stojanović and the head of the Security Centre Podgorica Branislav Živković, the organization Human Rights Action (HRA) pointed out existing international standards on media coverage of protests and police treatment necessary to assure the security of protests and the preservation of public order.
The Agency for Electronic Media condemned the use of force and obstruction against journalists in the exercise of their professional duties during the protest.
The union of media welcomed the decision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to provide special vests for journalists, photographers and cameramen to be used during upcoming protests.
