Intimidation, Miralem Merdic, Jelah, January 13, 2016

Translations: Sarajevo 

• Case info

• Personal info

• Regional center

  Sarajevo
• Gender

  Male
• Victim(s) name

  [:ba]Miralem Merdić[:]

• Media outlet

• Name of the media outlet

  [:ba]Jelah.ba[:]
• Type of media platform

  Online Media
  
• Source of information about the incident

  [:ba]Media[:]

• Incident Data

• Date of incident

  13.01.2015
• City

  [:ba]Jelah[:]
• Perpetrator(s)

  Known (suspected)
• Attacked by

  Authorities - individuals
  
• Type of incident

  Actual attacks on journalists

• Action by the authorities

• Action taken by the journalists' association

• Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?

  Yes

Journalist Miralem Merdzic received a fine on 13 January stating that he had violated public order pursuant to Article 3, Item 1, point 3 outlining that “The accused violated public order and peace in public by taking unauthorized photos of Coric Fikret from Jelah and his restaurant bar “Arena”.