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Dijana Toska, an ethnic Albanian journalist, has shared her experiences of threats, censorship and harassment by authorities during the 1980s and 1990s as the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia collapsed and ethnic tensions rose across the region. Toska described how her reporting — particularly on issues affecting ethnic Albanian communities — drew pressure from state security services and administrative restrictions that aimed to suppress independent and critical journalism. Her reflections highlight the risks faced by journalists covering ethnic conflict and political upheaval in the Balkans during that period, underscoring how media freedoms were constrained and how journalists were targeted for their work amid deepening societal divisions.
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