Attacks on media outlets and organizations, Hayat TV, Slobodna Bosna, Istraga.ba, Sarajevo, 23.2.2024.

BHJA •︎ 23/02/2024

Attacks on media outlets and organizations, Hayat TV, Slobodna Bosna, Istraga.ba, Sarajevo, 23.2.2024.

Translations: Sarajevo 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Tirana
  • Who was attacked?
    Organization

  • 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

  • Public prosecutor's action
    Adnan Delić
  • Court action
    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"

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

Minister 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.”