Letter of Support for Associate Professor Jelena Kleut, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Guest Professor at Howest University College (Belgium)

Free science, free media, free speech!

Professor Kleut has been an unwavering voice for media literacy and encouraging a critical audience, she is an inspiration as a determined and kind academic who deserves all our solidarity. We stand with you Jelena!

Professor of Sociology, University of Bamberg, Germany

Junior Fellow in Media Literacy at the University of Tartu, Estonia. Sending my respect and solidarity to you, Jelena!

Jelena, you are the light and if you would be any kind of snake, you would be an amazing danger noodle who protects, not poisons.

The smear campaign against Dr Kleut is yet another example of a brazen violation of academic freedom. It provides resounding proof for Dr Kleut's research findings on media - government relations in the context of reporting the Serbian protest 'Against Dictatorship'.

Journalist

Professor, University of Ljubljana and The Peace Institute, Ljubljana

Affiliated Faculty, Syracuse University, Strasbourg

MSCA ERA Fellow, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Associate professor at Roskilde University, Denmark

Postdoctoral researcher, Roskilde University.

Rīga Stradiņš University, Latvia

Södertörn University, Sweden

Roskilde University, Denmark

I strongly support the petition condemning the targeted smear campaign against Associate Professor Jelena Kleut. Such attacks represent not only an attempt to discredit a respected scholar and her valuable contributions to media and communication studies, but also a direct threat to academic freedom and democratic values. Intimidation of academics has no place in an open society, and it is crucial that we stand united in defending the integrity, safety, and independence of researchers and educators.

Associate Professor, Roskilde University

Södertörn University, Sweden

Any attack on researchers that is aimed to undermine free speech and academic freedom is deeply worrying because it undermines democracy and the freedom of every citizen. I'm standing in solidarity with Jelena Kleut.