Threats against media outlets and organizations, BHRT, Sarajevo, 02.03.2022.

BHJA •︎ 20/04/2022

Threats against media outlets and organizations, BHRT, Sarajevo, 02.03.2022.

Translations: Sarajevo 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Sarajevo
  • Who was attacked?
    Group

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    BHRT
  • Type of media platform
    Radio

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    02.03.2022
  • City
    Sarajevo
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    By public official(s) and/or representative(s) of the executive power
  • Type of incident
    Threats against media outlets and organizations

  • Action by the authorities

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

On March 2, the member of the Presidency of BiH and the president of SNSD party Milorad Dodik met with the director of the BH Radio1 program, Pejka Medic, when they discussed “the status of journalists and all employees from Republika Srpska in this media outlet”. Dodik concluded that the all-day BHT program, broadcast on the occasion of the Independence Day of BiH, was “one-sided, absolutely shameful and directed against the Serbian people, especially bearing in mind that this program was not implemented within the Information Program and with the consent of BHT Collegium members.”

Dodik announced that he would demand the responsibility of those “who approved and participated in the realization of such a program”, and reiterated that BHRT, as a public service, must reflect the interest of all peoples in the country “because its functioning is financed also by Serbs from Republika Srpska”.