Country | BH |
Name and Surname | Journalists of Press RS |
Gender | Group Journalists of Press RS |
Date | 12/04/2016 |
City / Location | Banja Luka |
Type of incident | Threats against the lives and limbs of journalists |
Type of media | |
Media name | PressRS |
Source | BHJ Journalists Club Banjaluka |
Article and legislation violated (nationally) | [:ba]Labor Law of Rebublika Srpska[:] |
Article of the European Convention of Human Rights that was violated | [:ba]Article 10[:] |
Legal closure | Perpatrator is convicted |
Was journalist`s association informed | Yes |
What was journalists' association reaction | [:ba]Banaluka Journalists Club issued a press release expressing their concerns regarding the situation that media community in RS is experiencing at present.[:] |
Were authorities informed? | No |
Suspension of printed issues of Press RS presented journalism, as an occpation and professional trade in RS with the problem of sustainability, including possible sacking of a significant number of employees in this particular media house.