ZAGREB 21.10.2016 – Branka Gabriela Valentić, director of Hina News Agency, received threatening letter full of disgusting offences regarding herself and Saša Leković, CJA president. Letter was signed by One HOS (Croatian Defense Forces) member and salute Za dom spremni (Ustasha’s salute).

Branka Valentić reported it to the police and said for Fairpress it was the first threat she received. “There have been offences and pressures, but not threats. This is the first of the kind. It was sent to Hina and I reported it to the police. I do not think of myself as a coward, but it is not the most pleasant experience to receive the message that someone, unknown, will molest your mother and you will receive the bill. I might assume it has something to do with a person who was fired and that was direct trigger for this letter. It might be someone close to her. I have no idea who he/she was and I do not want to assume anything. But I do not feel safe. That being a threat, I will report it to the State Attorney today too“.

Saša Leković, CJA president, is mentioned in the letter also. He was referred to as chetnik. „I have been under direct or indirect threats and offences, published on social media or in articles in so called „sewage“ media and comments under there articles, since I have been elected CJA president. It has not stopped for 18 months now. All these hysterical scenes are full of hate and with no relevant fact that might explain, if not justify them. The only difference between them is that some are more correctly spelled then others“, said Leković for Fairpress

Source: CJA, Fairpress

СКОПЈЕ, 21.10.2016 Здружението на новинарите на Македонија остро го осудува физичкиот
напад врз новинарот на телевизија Телма Павле Беловски, кој вчеравечер
пред Министерството за внатрешни работи беше нападнат со тупаници и
клоци од лице со криминално досие, додека известувал за увидот на
Специјалното јавно обвинителство во Управата за безбедност и
контраразузнавање за аферата за прислушување.

Нападот на новинарот Беловски е смислен атак врз слободата на
медиумите оркестриран од одредени структури на МВР, кои сакаат да ги
одвратат новинарите да известуваат за нивните опструкции на истрагата
на СЈО.

Дали инспираторите на синоќешниот напад се истите структури на МВР кои
во исто време прават опструкции врз истрагата на СЈО во УБК и дали
истите структури стојат зад досегашните нерасветлени напади врз
новинари? Јалови се обидите преку напади и заплашување на новиари да
се попречи и избегне правдата.

Го поздравуваме брзото приведување на насилникот и бараме од МВР
случајот да се расветли до крај и да поднесе кривични пријави против
насилникот и неговите инспиратори.

Го посетуваме министерот за внатрешни работи Оливер Спасовски дека
помина една година откако даде јавно ветување дека ќе работи на
расветлување на сите напади против новинари. ЗНМ досега има
регистрирано 35 напади против ноцвинари. Ниеден од нив не е расветлен,
ниту пак некој од насилниците е казнет.
Управен Одбор на ЗНМ
Скопје,
21 Октомври, 2016

Фото извор: ТЕЛМА

PODGORICA, 18.10.2016. – Trade Union of Media of Montenegro strongly condemns the threats that Bozidar Martinovic, from Tivat, convicted for drug trafficking, sent to correspondent of daily newspaper „Vijesti“ from Tivat Sinisa Lukovic, just because the journalist published details of the incident that occurred on election day, in which the main actor was Martinovic.
A particular problem is that Martinovic was dare to send threats from the door of the Lukovic family house, in the presence of his family, which is why they are much more serious because he violated fundamental privacy and security but also sent a direct message to a journalist that he had to “shut up”.

Without wishing to interfere in the work of investigative bodies, Trade Union of Media of Montenegro expresses its disappointment by the fact that the Deputy Basic State Prosecutor in Kotor Tanja Čolan-Deretić rated that there were no elements of a criminal offense, but it is only the misdemeanor and that the Prosecutor’s Office still does not recognize the specificity the journalistic profession. Although we are not called upon to interpret the legal norms, we believe that the prosecutor had to more seriously understand these threats and qualify them even as a threat to security.

Prosecutors know well how cases of attacks on journalists they managed to bring to the end in last years, which is why they should be significantly more sensitive when making similar decisions. Therefore, we urge the Supreme State Prosecutor’s Office to review once again the decision of the Deputy Basic State Prosecutor Colan-Deretic.
TMUM gives full support to colleague Lukovic in protecting his personal security and in the continuation of his professional work in the public interest.

TMUM, at the same time, joins to the protest of non-governmental organizations because of the decisions of the authorities that, on election day, shut down popular services, Viber and WhatsApp, because of propaganda communication, or unwanted (spam) political messages sent to users. We believe that this decision is contrary to the fundamental right to freedom of expression and information.
Main board TMUM

Sarajevo,14.10.2016.-Upravni odbor Udruženja/udruge BH novinari i Linija za pomoć novinarima (FMHL) upućuju javni protest Stranci demokratske akcije (SDA) i njenom članu Salmiru Kaplanu radi neprimjerenog etiketiranja i širenja govora mržnje prema novinarima – članovima Udruge BH novinari i Borki Rudić, generalnoj tajnici, nazivajući ih sljedbenicima politike Fethullaha Gulena u BiH.

Salmir Kaplan je sa grupom svojih sljedbenika na Facebooku pokrenuo javnu hajku protiv BH novinara i Borke Rudić lično, šireći laži o njenom djelovanju i namjerno ugrožavajući njenu sigurnost i javni krediblitet. Nakon izljeva mržnje na Facebooku i iznošenja neargumentiranih optužbi da je „lobista Gulenovog pokreta“ i osoba koja „brani četnike“, Borka Rudić je verblano napadnuta u Sarajevu u ponedjeljak 18. jula, što se može smatrati direktnom posljedicom hajke koju je pokrenuo Salmir Kaplan. Posebno je zabrinjavajuća činjenice da Kaplan i njegova družina, na potpuno nerazuman i ničim opravdan način pokušavaju sukobe iz Turske prenijeti u bh. javni prostor, stavljajući na listu „neprijatelja“ vladajućeg režima u Turskoj pored Udruge BH novinari i časopis Novo vrijeme, te kreirajući tako svoje „mete za odstrjel“ unutar medijske zajednice BiH.

Upravni odbor BH novinara i Linija za pomoć novinarima najoštrije osuđuju ponašanje Salmira Kaplana, smatraju ga nedopustivim i eklatantnim primjerom zloupotrebe slobode govora i poticanja nasilja zasnovanog na mržnji. Budući da je Kaplan zastupnik SDA u Parlamentu Federacije BiH i kandidat ove stranke za načelnika Stoca na lokalnim izborima, njegov primitivni i huškački govor ima dodatnu težinu i mora biti adekvatno sankcioniran. U tom konteksu, pozivamo Glavni odbor SDA da se hitno očituje o ovom incidentu i da poduzme adekvatne mjere prema Kaplanu, koji je svojim ponašanjem narušio i ugled Stranke demokratske akcije.

UO BH novinara i Linija za pomoć novinarima su zatražili od Tužilaštva Kantona Sarajevo i Federalne uprave policije hitnu istragu o ovom slučaju i poduzimenje zakonom propisanih mjera. Slučaj je prijavljen i Centralnoj izbornoj komisiji koja je nadležna za provjeru i prihvatanje kandidata za iduće lokalne izbore.

Upravni odbor Udruženja /udruge BH novinari

Sarajevo,02.07.2016.-Upravni odbor Udruženja/udruge BH novinari i Linija za pomoć novinarima najoštrije osuđuju fizički napad na ekipu BN Televizije, koji se desio u četvrtak 30. juna tokom snimanja deložacije iz stana jedne građanke Bijeljine. Tom prilikom, jedan od sudskih policajaca je galameći nasrnuo na ekipu BN TV, pokušavajući pri tom snimatelju oduzeti kameru i spriječiti snimanje. U naguravanju, sudski policajac je zavrnuo ruku snimatelju BN televizije Srđanu Velji.

UO BH novinara i Linija za pomoć novinarima smatraju nedopustivim primjenu sile prema novinarskim ekipama koje se nalaze na radnom zadatku i obavljaju poslove od značaja za javnost. Posebno je zabrinjavajuće da je u ovom slučaju na ekipu BN TV nasrnuo sudski policajac, koji je također bio na dužnosti i čija je zadaća bila da novinarima i snimateljima ove medijske kuće omogući nesmetan rad.

Napad na ekipu BN TV je napad na slobodu izražavanja, te predstavlja grubo kršenje prava na sigurno i dostojanstveno obavljanje novinarske profesije i pristup medija javnom događaju. Zbog toga će UO BH novinara i Linija za pomoć novinarima zahtijevati od Sudske policije Republike Srpske i Stanice javne bezbjednosti Bijeljina istragu o ovom slučaju, utvrđivanje identiteta policajca koji je napao Srđana Velju, snimatelja BN TV, kao i poduzimanje zakonskih sankcija prema njemu.

Upravni odbor Udruženja /udruge BH novinari

Sarajevo, 28.07.2016.-The steering committee of the BH Association of BH journalist and the Journalist Support Line strongly condemns the offensive and discriminatory statements of Dr. Emira Talirevića against Selme Učanbarlić, a journalist of the CIN (Center for investigative reporting) from Sarajevo, contacted via Facebook with the intention of public discrediting of journalists and filling professional harm to her and the complete CIN editorial office.

Dr. Emir Talirevic, the owner of the private clinic “My clinic”, launched a chase and brutally attacked Selmu Učanbarlić after publishing a series of research articles on funding his clinic from the public funds of the Health Care Department.

The steering committee of the BHJA considers it unacceptable that anyone, and even Dr. Talirević, expresses his dissatisfaction with media content by publicly spreading insults, discriminatory and mischievous attitudes, as well as using the “language of the street” to be inappropriate to anyone who is special to a health worker who should  adorn humanity, polite and civilized attitude toward every man. In attempting public denunciation of CIN journalists and journalists and “praise” to destroy them, Dr. Talirević has violated all humanistic values, as well as BiH legal regulations and publicly available media for reacting to journalistic content. This showed that he did not care about the truth and argued evidence of the alleged non-professional behavior of CIN journalists, but to blur the essence of the research texts and point out the facts about possible corrupt and unlawful conduct in public money allocation for the private clinic Dr. Talirević.

The steering committee of the BHJA expresses full solidarity with colleague Selmom Učanbarlić and other journalists and journalists of the Center for Research Journalism. At the same time, we call upon the relevant police and judicial bodies to undertake, within their competencies, the legally prescribed measures for the cessation of harassment, insulting the dignity of the person and the creation of a scary, degrading and humiliating environment for journalists and journalists, which we have witnessed over the last few months in the BiH public space.Steering

Steering committe of the BHJA