Other threats to journalists, Amir Zukić, online, 14.09.2023.

BHJA •︎ 14/09/2023

Other threats to journalists, Amir Zukić, online, 14.09.2023.

Translations: Sarajevo 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

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

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    N1 TV
  • Type of media platform
    Radio
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Editor

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    14.09.2023
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
    By public official(s) and/or representative(s) of the executive power
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Posts or comments on social networks
  • Type of incident
    Other threats to journalists
  • Type of threat
    Aggressive, harassing or discriminatory statements

  • Action by the authorities

  • Type of violation
    Security threat

  • 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

Against Amir Zukić, editor-in-chief of N1 TV in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was a months-long hate campaign and certainly dangerous incitement through the social networks Facebook and Twitter. Several people from criminal milieu posted threatening video messages, using profanity, spreading hateful comments and making death threats.

At the same time, the member of the SNSD party in the BiH Parliament, Sanja Vulić, requested during the parliamentary session “a ban on the terrestrial broadcasting of N1 in the Republika Srpska.”

The BH Journalists´ Stterring Committee issued a press release. N1 TV filed a criminal complaint against three people for threats on social networks.