Other threats to journalists, Tanja Topić, freelance, Banja Luka, 25.05.2021.

BHJA •︎ 25/05/2021

Other threats to journalists, Tanja Topić, freelance, Banja Luka, 25.05.2021.

Translations: Sarajevo 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Sarajevo
  • Gender
    Female
  • Victim(s) name
    Tanja Topić

  • Media outlet

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    25.05.2021
  • City
    Banja Luka
  • Attacked by
    By public official(s) and/or representative(s) of the executive power
  • Type of incident
    life_threat

  • Action by the authorities

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

Milorad Dodik, the Serbian member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, verbally attacked Tanja Topić, an analyst and journalist, calling her a “proven agent of German paid intelligence structures that are financed by the organization where Topić works”, as well as other derogatory names – “servile” and “quisling”, “liar” and “isolated structure”, attacking her and her family and giving them the epithets that they are unacceptable and ostracized from the environment in which they live.

Tanja Topić sued Milorad Dodik for defamation. The case is still ongoing at the court in Banja Luka.