Threats against media outlets and organizations, BHRT and RTVFBiH, Sarajevo, 9.2.2024.

BHJA •︎ 09/02/2024

Threats against media outlets and organizations, BHRT and RTVFBiH, Sarajevo, 9.2.2024.

Translations: Sarajevo 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Sarajevo
  • Who was attacked?
    Organization

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    BHRT i RTV FBiH
  • Type of media platform
    Radio
  • Source of information about the incident
    BHJA

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    09.02.2024
  • City
    Sarajevo
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    Authorities - individuals
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Other means of incidents and attacks
  • Type of incident
    Threats against media outlets and organizations
  • Type of threat
    Explicit or implicit threats to physical safety of newsroom

  • Action by the authorities

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    No
  • What was the reaction of the journalists' association?
    The association reacted publicly

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the president of the NiP political party, Elemedin Konaković, sent verbal and political threats to two public services based in Sarajevo – RTV FBiH and BHRT, and announced the dismissal of the existing management and the election of a new “management that will work according to the dictates” of the parties gathered in the ruling the “Troika” coalition. At the press conference, Konaković unequivocally made it clear that his political involvement in solving problems in public services concerning the collection of the RTV tax has a completely different background – an attempt to impose political control and create assumptions for the work of these media in the interests of the “Troika” parties, and not in the public interest.

The BHJA responded with a statement and reminded how Minister Elmedin Konaković has targeted journalists dozens of times so far and called into question their safety and dignified work, using political manipulation and institutional pressure on the media and journalists.