Threats on media and journalists associations, BHRT and BN Television, 23.11.2022.

BHJA •︎ 08/12/2022

Threats on media and journalists associations, BHRT and BN Television, 23.11.2022.

Translations: Sarajevo 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Sarajevo
  • Who was attacked?
    Group

  • Media outlet

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

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    23.11.2022
  • 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

At a press conference, the president of Republika Srpska and the president of SNSD party Milorad Dodik called BN “enemy television” and accused journalists and other employees of this media outlet of being “foreign spies”, paid by the American and British ambassadors. On Tuesday, Dodik wrote on Twitter and attacked BHRT public service, calling it a “Muslim service”, concluding that “it should not exist as such”.