Attacks on media outlets and organizations, Group of media in Sarajevo, 13.12.2024.

Attacks on media outlets and organizations, Group of media in Sarajevo, 13.12.2024.

Translations: Sarajevo 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Sarajevo
  • Who was attacked?
    Group
  • Group members' names and surnames
    Media in Sarajevo
  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Group of media outlets in Sarajevo
  • Type of media platform
    Radio
    Radio
    Printed Media
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Media
  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    13.12.2024
  • City
    Sarajevo
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    Politician(s) / political party(ies) (other than public officials)
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    E-mail
  • Type of incident
    Attacks on media outlets and organizations
  • Type of attack
    Other attacks
  • Action by the authorities

  • Legal status of the case
    The procedure is in the phase of gathering information about all the circumstances of the case
  • 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
    The association organized some other form of support

Political pary Naša stranka (NS), a member of the ruling coalition at the level of the Canton of Sarajevo and the state of BiH, sent a internal letter  to a number of media outlets in Sarajevo, with instructions to report on the criminal investigation against Bojan Bošnjak, minister in the Government of the Canton of Sarajevo. who is suspected of several criminal offenses and is in custody. The letter to the media was sent on the day when Minister Bojan Bošnjak’s detention was extended for another two months. The minister was arrested on November 15 in Sarajevo.

The BH Journalists Steering Committee and the Free Media Help Line assessed that this was a political attack to the media outlets and an illegal interference in the work of journalists and the media work. This attack was evaluated as an attempt to introduce censorship on media reports about Minister Bojan Bošnjak, a member of the National Socialist Party.