Other threats to journalists, Capital.ba, Banja Luka, 21.02.2020.

Other threats to journalists, Capital.ba, Banja Luka, 21.02.2020.

Translations: Sarajevo 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

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

  • Name of the media outlet
    Capital.ba
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    21.02.2020
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    Authorities - individuals
  • Type of incident
    Other threats to journalists
  • Action by the authorities

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

The representative of Republika Srpska in Russia Dusko Perovic made open threats to Capital’s editorial board and editor-in-chief Sinisa Vukelic for publishing the story about Russian investor Rasid Serdarov and the company “Comsar Energy”.

In a phone call to the newsroom, Perovic threatened that he would “close” the Capital portal himself if editor Sinisa Vukelic once again wrote anything about the work of “Comsar Energy”, stressed that the portal would quickly “be done with” and that editor Vukelic should “better move to Mars”. These threats were recorded on an audio recording.