Threats against media outlets and organizations, Bljesak portal, Mostar, 12.06.2024.

BHJA •︎ 16/06/2024

Threats against media outlets and organizations, Bljesak portal, Mostar, 12.06.2024.

Translations: Sarajevo 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Sarajevo
  • Who was attacked?
    Organization

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Bljesak portal
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    12.06.2024
  • City
    Mostar
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    Authorities - individuals
    Public person(s)
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Other means of incidents and attacks
  • Type of incident
    Threats against media outlets and organizations
  • Type of threat
    Unfounded judicial and administrative harassment including SLAPP cases

  • Action by the authorities

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

Portal Bljesak.info from Mostar submitted a request to FMHL to monitor the trial for the SLAPP lawsuit filed against this media by Rade Bošnjak, former director of the Institute for Health Insurance of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton.

Before the lawsuit, the plaintiff’s legal representative of Rade Bošnjak asked the editors of the Bljesak portal to remove from its website 5 research articles that this media published in connection with the operations of this public institution during the period when Rade Bošnjak was the director.

BH Journalists Associations (BHJA) will monitor this case as one of the SLAPP lawsuits against journalists and media in BiH.