Threats against media outlets and organizations, BHRT and RTVFBiH, 10.02.2023.

BHJA •︎ 02/03/2023

Threats against media outlets and organizations, BHRT and RTVFBiH, 10.02.2023.

Translations: Sarajevo 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Sarajevo
  • Who was attacked?
    Organization

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    BHRT - RTVFBiH
  • Type of media platform
    Radio
    Radio
  • Source of information about the incident
    Media

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    10.02.2023
  • City
    Zenica
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    By public official(s) and/or representative(s) of the executive power
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Through media outlets (broadcast, print, online)
  • Type of incident
    Threats against media outlets and organizations
  • Type of threat
    Explicit or implicit threats to physical safety of newsroom

  • Action by the authorities

  • Type of violation
    Other

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    Yes
  • What was the reaction of the journalists' association?
    The association reacted publicly

During the session of the City Council, the mayor of Zenica Fuad Kasumović asserted that in the past seven years, since he has been in office as mayor, “not a single positive story has been made” from Zenica on the public services Radio-Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT) and Radio-Television of the Federation of BiH (RTVFBiH). He called on the citizens of Zenica not to pay the RTV tax, “just as neither the Čović’s nor the Dodik’s people pay”.

Kasumović admitted that he himself doesn’t pay the RTV tax and said that the federal and state public service are “SDA televisions”.

The Steering Committee of BH Journalists called on the councilors of the City Council of Zenica to publicly distance themselves from the aforementioned statements of mayor Kasumović, aimed at the targeted destruction of the professional integrity of journalists and editors of public services, as well as correspondents of these media from the Zenica-Doboj Canton.