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Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Western Balkans Journalists’ Safety Index 2022

Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Western Balkans Journalists’ Safety Index 2022

Posted by Anđela Koroman July 26, 2023 0

The Western Balkans Journalists’ Safety Index (WB-JSI) is a research-grounded tool designed to measure and monitor the changes in the respective social and...

Bosnia and Herzegovina: UN experts alarmed by re-criminalisation of defamation in the Republika Srpska entity

Bosnia and Herzegovina: UN experts alarmed by re-criminalisation of defamation in the Republika Srpska entity

Posted by Anđela Koroman July 26, 2023 0

GENEVA (25 July 2023) – UN human rights experts* expressed alarm about the recent adoption of amendments to the criminal code in the Republika Srpska entity...

Additional restrictions on access to information of public importance

Additional restrictions on access to information of public importance

Posted by Anđela Koroman July 25, 2023 0

In Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), imperative legal norms without the application of sanctions for non-implementation are like a door without a handle: they...

CJA: Working document of the new Media Act – UNACCEPTABLE

CJA: Working document of the new Media Act – UNACCEPTABLE

Posted by Anđela Koroman July 24, 2023 0

The Croatian Journalists’ Association (CJA) sent a response to the Ministry of Culture and Media regarding the draft of the new Media Act, which was...

Republika Srpska votes to criminalize defamation

Republika Srpska votes to criminalize defamation

Posted by Anđela Koroman July 20, 2023 0

Banja Luka, 20.7.2023. – With 46 hands in favor, 17 against and without a single abstention, the National Assembly of Republika Srpska, led by the...

Protest march in Banja Luka against the criminalization of defamation – Citizens demand protection of freedom of expression

Protest march in Banja Luka against the criminalization of defamation – Citizens demand protection of freedom of expression

Posted by Anđela Koroman July 20, 2023 0

Sarajevo/Banja Luka, July 18 – Media representatives, activists and numerous citizens gathered this morning in protest at Trg Krajina and held a...

SafeJournalists Network and MFRR: Condemn Attacks Against Journalists and Ensure Their Safety in Albania

SafeJournalists Network and MFRR: Condemn Attacks Against Journalists and Ensure Their Safety in Albania

Posted by Anđela Koroman July 19, 2023 0

The partners in the SafeJournalists Network (SJN) and the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), as organisations dedicated to the protection of media freedom...

MFRR urges Republika Srpska deputies to not re-criminalise defamation

MFRR urges Republika Srpska deputies to not re-criminalise defamation

Posted by Anđela Koroman July 17, 2023 0

On 18 July, Republika Srpska’s National Assembly will vote to re-introduce criminal penalties for defamation. Media Freedom Rapid Response partners urge...

Journalists of the Birač region stand up for freedom of speech

Journalists of the Birač region stand up for freedom of speech

Posted by Anđela Koroman July 17, 2023 0

Journalists from the Birač region stood up for freedom of speech today. They were joined by representatives of the civil sector. Symbolically, at five to...

SafeJournalists: Intimidation of Journalists in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania

SafeJournalists: Intimidation of Journalists in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania

Posted by Anđela Koroman July 17, 2023 0

The SafeJournalists network strongly condemns cases of theft of equipment of journalists Zana Karic – Gauk and Eldin Karic in Bosnia and Herzegovina and...

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