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the media, regardless of the waY
provisions of this law
. :i;.94n which the information was obtained in accordance with the
completelY and timelY
*9-'(orragraph 1) as well as that everyone has the right to be truthfully, public
lnformation are
informed about matters of public importance, and the means of
obliged to respect that right (paragraph 2).
of
Article 8 of the same Law stipulates that an elected, placed, or appointed holder
to
related
public and political office is obliged to tolerate the presentation of critical opinions
performance
the results of his work, i.e. the policy he implements, all in connection with the
of his function, regardless of whether he feels personally hurt by expressing those opinions.
Article 9 ofthe same Law stipulates that the editor and journalist are obliged to check
its origin, truthfulness and completeness (paragraph 1) before publishing information that
contains information about a certain phenomenon, event or person with attention
appropriate to the circumstances, as well as that the editor and iournalist obliged to transmit
the downloaded information, ideas and opinions reliably and completely, and if the
information is downloaded from another media, to state the name of that media (paragraph
2).
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Article 15 paragraph 1 point 1 of the same Law stipulates that the public interest in
the field of public information is truthful, impartial, timely and complete information of all
citizcns of the Republic of Serbia.
Article 74 of the Law on Public lnformation and Media stipulates that information from
criminal proceedings in progress can be published if it is brought out at the main trial.
Article 79 of the same Law stipulates that a person's di8nity (the honour, reputation,
(paragraph
i.e. the piety of the person to whom the information relates) is legally protected
and
1), that it is not permitted to publish information that injures the honour, reputation
piety, i.e. to portray a person in a false light by attributing features or properties that he does
not have, or denying the features or properties that he has, if the interest of publishing the
information does not outweigh the interest of protecting the dignity and the right to
authenticity, and especially if this does not contribute to the public debate about the
phenomenon, event and person to whom the information relates (paragraph 2)'
Article 112 paragraph 1 of the same Law prescribes that the person to whom the
information relates, the publication of which is prohibited in accordance with this law, if he
nonsuffers damage due to its publication, has the right to compensation for material and
material damage in accordance with the general regulations and provisions of this law,
person ln accordance with the
regardless of other means of legal protection availabl€to that
p rovisions of this law.
Article 113 of the same Law stipulates that the journalist' i.e. the editor
in
liable for damages caused by the publication of the information referred to
his
fa
ult.
by
paragraph L of this law if it is proved that the damage was caused