Threats against media outlets and organizations, Hayat TV, 08.06.2024.

BHJA •︎ 08/06/2024

Threats against media outlets and organizations, Hayat TV, 08.06.2024.

Translations: Sarajevo 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Sarajevo
  • Who was attacked?
    Organization

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Hayat TV
  • Type of media platform
    Radio
  • Source of information about the incident
    Media

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    06.06.2024
  • City
    Sarajevo
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    Security staff or agencie(s)
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Telephone (Call or sms)
  • Type of incident
    Threats against media outlets and organizations
  • Type of threat
    Other threats

  • Action by the authorities

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

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

On 06.06.2024., the State Agency for Investigations and Protection – SIPA called by phone managenet od Hayat TV  in order to taking a statement from them and determining how Hayat TV obtained information related to the cases investigated by the BiH Prosecutor’s Office.

The BiH Prosecutor’s Office requested that Hayat TV management be questioned about “their sources of information” in connection with two cases: (a) the publication of a document confirming that Aleksandar Vučić sent his son as an official of the Republic of Serbia and with police escort to the celebration of Republika Srpska Day (2023) sent his son as an official of the Republic of Serbia with a police escort, and (b) the publication of a video clip of the conversation between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, Peter Szijjart, and Dragan Čović, the president of HDZ BIH, in the Hayat TV show “Investigation of the Week”, when they talked about the “election to the law on Christian grounds”.

The Board of Directors of BHJA responded with a public announcement, and warned the SIPA Agency that journalists and the media have the right to protect the confidentiality of information sources.