Other threats to journalists, Adis Šušnjar, Inforadar, Sarajevo, 24.03.2025.

BHJA •︎ 24/03/2025

Other threats to journalists, Adis Šušnjar, Inforadar, Sarajevo, 24.03.2025.

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Sarajevo
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Male
  • Victim(s) name
    Adis Šušnjar

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Inforadar
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Journalist

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    24.03.2025
  • City
    Sarajevo
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    Public person(s)
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Telephone (Call or sms)
  • Type of incident
    Other threats to journalists
  • Type of threat
    Unfounded judicial and administrative harassment including SLAPP cases

  • Action by the authorities

  • Police action
    N/A
  • Public prosecutor's action
    N/A
  • Court action
    N/A
  • 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 organized some other form of support

The director of the municipal healthcare center in Velika Kladuša, Evresa Okanović, threatened over the phone to the editor of online magazine Inforadar, Adis Šušnjar,for publishing a series of investigative articles on abuse of public funds in this medical institution. Director Okanović accused the editor of Inforadar for damaging her, asked who is responsible for the articles, etc. She was especially irritated by the fact that the Prosecution of the Unsko-sanski Canton has opened an investigation for this case and told to Šušnjar that “she will know how to reach justice once the case is over.”

This incident is one of the examples of intimidation of media in order for them to stop investigating the topic of spending of the funds in the municipal healthcare center in Velika Kladuša.