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Pripremljen otkaz Željku Peratoviću

ZAGREB – Novinar Željko Peratović najvjerojatnije će dobiti izvanredni otkaz u »Vjesniku«, o čemu ga je obavjestilo Zaposleničko vijeće toga lista. Peratoviću se na teret stavlja da je prošlog tjedna objavio intervju s Pavlom Gažijem u tjedniku »Feral Tribune«, a prema internim pravilnicima novinar »Vjesnika« može objavljivati u nekom ...

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When Zeljko Peratovic came back from his holiday at the beginning of September 2004., main editor of «Vjesnik», Andrea Latinovic, told him publicly in editorial office that his writing was getting rebuking, and that similar complaints was getting director of «Vjesnik», Franjo Maletic. She said that Tomislav Karamarko called her, at that time joint owner of security firm Soboli Ltd., and he announced law sue against «Vjesnik», because Peratovic wrote in one text in that newspaper about possibility that Karamarko became chief of all secret services. He also wrote that Karamarko was on holidays in his summerhouse on Mljet that summer. The main editor of «Vjesnik» said to Peratovic that Karamarko didn't have summerhouse on Mljet and that was untruth, the same thing was if she wrote that Peratovic was murder.

She also added that agains Peratovic protested Mate Basic from Australia. She warned that she decided to go for a lunch with Tomislav Karamarko, to try to prevent Karamarko from filing charges against «Vjesnik».

After few days, Andrea Latinovic informed Peratovic publicly in editorial office that she went for a lunch with Tomislav Karamarko and they talked for five hours about Peratovic and that Karamarko said a lot of things about Peratovi.

Tomislav Karamarko is professional policeman and intelligence agent (he was chief of Zagreb's police, superintendent of UNS (Office for National Security), and now he is chief of POA). Peratovic met him only once in 1998. in restaurant owned by Zvonimir Trusic, on Remetinec. Because of those facts, Peratovic categoricaly claims that Tomislav Karamarko was talking to Andrea Latinovic about his professional cognitions about the journalist, what he shouldn't do, regardless of accuracy of the informations, because that was prohibited to him by Law of protection of informations and Law of security services. That had disagreeably consequences for Peratovic.

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Editorial office of «Vjesnik» more rarely published texts of Zeljko Peratovic, even under censorship were those texts which was ordered by editorship. The explanation why his texts were not published he didn't get, except once editor of internal politics, Marijana Matkovic for text about Damir Jukica, one of onetime highly positioned functionaries of POA, who in interview for weekly magazine «Nacional» (attachement 3.1) confirmed presenting of Presentation of chief of POA, Franjo Turek, to the top of the state about hostile activity of journalists, said that text wasn't published because it was based on compilation of somebody else's texts and it was full of incorrectnesses.

That explanation she filled up with remarks that in his texts could never be seen the source.

That was repeted to Peratovic on meeting in January 2005. with main editor Andrea Latinovic, her deputy, Marijana Matkovic and assistant of main editor, Zoran Vodopija.


Zoran Vodopija

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Considering that identical evaluation about writing of this journalist is in Information of former chief of POA since 16.10.2004. (attachement 3), Peratovic claims that editorship of «Vjesnik» was illegaly informed with opinion of POA about his way of working. That statement is supported by evaluation that till the end of 2004. Peratovic extremely professionaly cooperated with Zoran Vodopija, Marijana Mikasinovic and Marijana Matkovic, and that they have never put against him the way of his writing and his themes, on the contrary, they gave him their support...

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Peratovic Zeljko, because of pressures and heckling comments on political meetings, on street, in trams, that he is betrayer of Gotovina and British spy, experienced psychical shocks, discomfort, harassing, threats, humiliation. On his work he is exposed to censorship, isolation from editorial office and management of «Vjesnik», that is mobbing. Because all that he got sick and had to go on sick leave and ask for medical help. (attachament 16)...

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The consequences for Peratovic Zeljko are disastrous on economic, professional and moral base, but also medical.

That kind of acting of POA, by the proposer, is stressful condition and inhibits it in original analysis and critical approaches of considered problems which are hapening in society.

He has the feeling of constant threat and editorial aversion from confiding journalist investigation work , what is for individual journalist, for profession, and also for public, fatal. That has a great influence on his professional behaviour. In question are the freedom and professional work of journalist. No matter the Committee for internal politics and national safety brought mentioned conclusion, journalist rights of Zeljko Peratovic are still violated, because in newspapers he is working for, «Vjesnik», and which are formaly owned by the Government of Croatia, is not allowed writing about themes he wrote before: intelligence services, organized crime and war crimes. Almost any writing is prohibited...