| Country | BH |
| Gender | Female |
| Date | 15/09/2021 |
| City / Location | |
| Type of incident | Other threats to journalists |
| By whom | To journalists by citizens |
| Was journalist`s association informed | Yes |
The online harrasment of professor FPN Sarajevo dr. Lejla Turčilo intensified in Bosnia and Herzegovina with nationalist posts on certain portals and social networks, labeling Turčilo as a professor who “poisons Bosniak children” and a “genocide denier”.
The BH Journalists Association published a statement condemning the media attacks on Turčilo, after which the same internet portals (Sejl.org and Bosnjaci.net) and through the profiles of these media outlets on social networks continued their pursuit of Turčilo, as well as on the general secretary of BH Journalists Borka Rudić, accusing them of nationalism, supporting war criminals, insulting Prophet Muhammad and stifling independent journalism.
