Threats against the lives and safety of journalists, CIN, Sarajevo, 27.10.2022.

BHJA •︎ 27/10/2022

Threats against the lives and safety of journalists, CIN, Sarajevo, 27.10.2022.

Translations: Sarajevo 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Sarajevo
  • Who was attacked?
    Group

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    CIN Sarajevo
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    27.10.2022
  • City
    Sarajevo/Dubrovnik
  • Type of incident
    life_threat

  • Action by the authorities

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

Working on the story about how he acquired multimillion-dollar property in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, CIN journalists contacted Zoran Čegar, head of the Uniformed Police Sector, to get the necessary information. In a telephone conversation, they asked Čegar for an interview, but he refused, with threats and curses. Čegar ended the conversation with journalists by saying: “Don’t even think of calling me again, so that I don’t come to you from where you’re calling me”, and he cursingly called the journalist a “Chetnik”.

A similar attack on CIN journalists was repeated yesterday in front of the Dubrovnik Municipal Court, where Zoran Čegar’s trial for the criminal offense of fraud began. After the CIN journalist asked Čegar for a comment, he reacted violently and threatened: “Don’t make me rip your throat out!”.