| Country | BH |
| Name and Surname | Senad Avdić |
| Gender | Male |
| Date | 14/01/2016 |
| City / Location | Sarajevo |
| Type of incident | Threats against the lives and limbs of journalists |
| By whom | By public officials |
| Name of the perpetrator | the Prosecuter Office of Kanton Sarajevo |
| Type of media | |
| Media name | Magazine Slobodna Bosna |
| Source | Suzana Mijatović - Journalist from Slobodna Bosna |
| Article and legislation violated (nationally) | [:ba]Criminal Procedure Code of BiH, Article 216; Defamation Low,article 9; Press code of BiH Article 13[:] |
| Article of the European Convention of Human Rights that was violated | [:ba]Article 10, Article 14[:] |
| Public prosecutor | Ordered |
| Legal closure | Perpatrator is acquitted |
| Perpatrator is acquitted.Description: | [ |
| Judiciary status | The case is closed. |
| Was journalist`s association informed | Yes |
| What was journalists' association reaction | [:ba]BHJA and FMHL reacted by press release and concern for opening a criminal investigation against Senad Avdic. FMHL sent request to suspend the proceedings against Senad Avdic because this case represents a violation of the right to protection of journalists' unnamed sources; the case is ended.[:] |
| Were authorities informed? | Yes - Police Yes - Public |
The Cantonal Court in Sarajevo opened a criminal investigation against Senad Avdić in order to collect information about his journalistic sources.
