Other threats to journalists, Avdo Avdić, Sarajevo, 06.06.2024.

Translations: Sarajevo 

• Case info

• Personal info

• Regional center

  Sarajevo
• Who was attacked?

  Journalist
• Gender

  Male
• Victim(s) name

  Avdo Avdić

• Media outlet

• Incident Data

• Date of incident

  06.06.2024
• City

  Sarajevo
• Perpetrator(s)

  Known (convicted)
• Attacked by

  Security staff or agencie(s)
  
• Means of incidents and attacks

  Telephone (Call or sms)
  
• Type of incident

  Other threats to journalists
• Type of threat

  Other

• Action by the authorities

• Action taken by the journalists' association

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

  Unknown

On 06.06.2024., the State Agency for Investigations and Protection – SIPA called by phone the journalist Avda Avdić, the editor of the Istraga portal, in order to taking a statement from him and determining how he obtained information related to the cases investigated by the BiH Prosecutor’s Office.

The BiH Prosecutor’s Office requested that journalist Avdo Avdić be questioned about “his sources of information” in connection with two cases: (a) the publication of a document confirming that Aleksandar Vučić sent his son as an official of the Republic of Serbia and with police escort to the celebration of Republika Srpska Day (2023) sent his son as an official of the Republic of Serbia with a police escort, and (b) the publication of a video clip of the conversation between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, Peter Szijjart, and Dragan Čović, the president of HDZ BIH, in the Hayat TV show “Investigation of the Week”, when they talked about the “election to the law on Christian grounds”.

The Board of Directors of BHJA responded with a public announcement, and warned the SIPA Agency that journalists and the media have the right to protect the confidentiality of information sources.