BANJA LUKA, 03.09.2018. – The members of the Steering Committee of The BHJA Journalists Club Banjaluka and collegues journalists talked to Vladimir Kovačević, journalists of BN TV, who was brutally attacked ont he 26th of August in Banja Luka, right in front of the building he lives in. Police qualified this attack as an „attempt of murder“.
We discussed the information that came from the Police in Banja Luka. Police submitted a report regarding this case to the authorized Prosecutors office. Conclusions on further activities of the BHJA Journalists Club were also adopted.
The BHJA Journalists Club Banja Luka will organize weekly meetings in order to discuss information about the case eventual activities of the Club, as a support to collegue Kovačević’s .
Steering Committee of The BHJA Journalists Club Banjaluka invited all media, especially PBS’s, to stop sharing statements of certain politicians and texts of tabloids and portals without impresum, bearing in mind their irresponsible and unprofessional behavior, and the uncritical transmission of texts and statements, put the target on certain media and journalists. Consultations with lawyers for filing complaints against all those who justify the attack on colleague Kovačević and journalists in general, through texts in the media as well as through the status and publications on social networks, are on – going. The BHJA Journalists’ Club emphasizes that this particularly applies to high-ranking officials of the ruling parties and candidates in the upcoming elections.
Respectfully,
BHJA Journalist’s Club Banja Luka