Threats against media outlets and organizations, Hayat TV, Slobodna Bosna, Istraga.ba, Sarajevo, 23.2.2024.

BHJA •︎ 23/02/2024

Threats against media outlets and organizations, Hayat TV, Slobodna Bosna, Istraga.ba, Sarajevo, 23.2.2024.

Translations: Sarajevo 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Sarajevo
  • Who was attacked?
    Group
  • Group members' names and surnames
    Hayat TV, Slobodna Bosna, Istraga.ba

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Hayat TV, Slobodna Bosna, Istraga.ba
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Steering Board of the BH Journalists

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    23.02.2024
  • City
    Sarajevo
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    By public official(s) and/or representative(s) of the executive power
  • Type of incident
    Attacks on media outlets and organizations
  • Type of attack
    Other attacks

  • Action by the authorities

  • Police action
    no information
  • Public prosecutor's action
    The criminal complaint filed by Minister Adnan Delić resulted in the opening of an investigation against journalists from Hayat TV, Slobodna Bosna and Istraga.ba in the Sarajevo Cantonal Prosecutor's Office. The Sarajevo Canton Prosecutor's Office issued several orders to the Sarajevo Canton Ministry of Interior, whose officials requested from Hayat TV to provide them with information about the journalists who wrote the mentioned article, so they could be "questioned as witnesses"
  • Legal status of the case
    The procedure is in the investigative phase
  • 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 sent a letter of concern to the institutions

Minister in BiH Federation Government Adnan Delic filed a criminal complaint with the Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office in Sarajevo and requested that judicial and police institutions investigate who provided documents to journalists from Hayat TV and the portals Slobodna Bosna and Istraga.ba, based on which they reported on an attempt at illegal and non-transparent allocation of 728,000 KM of budgetary funds.

Acting upon Minister Delic’s complaint, the Sarajevo Canton Prosecutor’s Office issued several orders to the Sarajevo Canton Ministry of Interior, whose officials requested that Hayat TV provide them with information about the journalists who wrote the aforementioned article, so they could be “questioned as witnesses.”