Country | BH |
Name and Surname | [:ba]Vuk Bačanović[:] |
Gender | Male |
Date | 15/07/2016 |
City / Location | [:ba]Sarajevo[:] |
Type of incident | Threats against the lives and limbs of journalists |
By whom | To journalists by citizens |
Media name | [:ba]FTV[:] |
Source | [:ba]Media[:] |
Article and legislation violated (nationally) | [:ba]Criminal code FBiH- Article 183; The Law on Public Peace and Order - Article 8a[:] |
Article of the European Convention of Human Rights that was violated | [:ba]Article 10[:] |
Legal closure | Perpatrator is convicted |
Was journalist`s association informed | Yes |
What was journalists' association reaction | [:ba]BHJA and FMHL issued a statment in form of press release condemning verbal threats and hate speech[:] |
Were authorities informed? | No |
Journalist Vuk Bačanović on his facebook profile July 11, commented on the installation of Republika Srpska, which was set up in Sarajevo on the eve of 21st anniversary of genocide in Srebrenica. All this resulted in a hunt and call for lynching, hate speech and calling for murdering to him, and the cancellation of the contract on cooperation with FTV.