Country | BH |
Name and Surname | Tanja Topić |
Gender | Female |
Date | 25/05/2021 |
City / Location | Banja Luka |
Type of incident | Other threats to journalists |
By whom | Aggressive public declarations by state officials |
Type of media | Journalist is a freelancer: Journalist is a freelancer |
Was journalist`s association informed | Yes |
Milorad Dodik, the Serbian member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, verbally attacked Tanja Topić, an analyst and journalist, calling her a “proven agent of German paid intelligence structures that are financed by the organization where Topić works”, as well as other derogatory names – “servile” and “quisling”, “liar” and “isolated structure”, attacking her and her family and giving them the epithets that they are unacceptable and ostracized from the environment in which they live.
Tanja Topić sued Milorad Dodik for defamation. The case is still ongoing at the court in Banja Luka.