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BANJA LUKA, Bosnia, March 23 (Reuters) – Bosnia’s autonomous Republika Srpska announced on Thursday that defamation and defamation cases were on the rise despite international criticism and protests from journalists who saw the new law as a crackdown on free speech. crime took action in the direction of bringing him to responsibility.
Regional parliament crime to harm a person’s honor or reputation without consent video3000-60000 euros (3200-65000) for publishing photos or documents USA accepted the draft of amendments, which stipulates a fine in the amount of
Law It sparked a public outcry after it was announced in early March, with journalists, civil society activists and diplomats saying it was aimed at silencing independent media.
United Nations organisation, European Union and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Republika Srpska crime changes made to the code cancellation and called on Bosnia to ensure full protection of media freedom as a necessary precondition for progress in this area. AB way.
Bosnia in the Western Balkans region 20Decriminalized defamation in 01 free was the first country to do so. In 1995 USABosnia was divided into the Bosnian-Croatian Federation and the Republika Srpska under the provisions of the Daytron Peace Agreement, which ended the war there.
Sinisa Vukelic, president of the Banja Luka Journalists’ Club, was filmed by journalists last week protest said in his action: “News reporting will become an impossible mission, investigative journalism will exist, and all citizens will feel the impact on their skin.
Law Led by Milorad Dodik, the president of the Republic of Serbia, the leader of the Serbian separatists judge Independent Social by the Alliance of Democrats (SNSD). offer done and parliament was agreed by the majority coalition partners.
Some journalists last week law after criticizing his project as repressive, Dodik openly criticized them. After his words, cars belonging to two journalists who openly criticized the law were damaged in Banja Luka.
Dodik this week rejected criticism that journalists would be targeted by the planned legislation, saying the bill could be improved during public debate before it goes into effect.
According to him, those who cannot pay the fine imprisonment for lawbreakers, even though they have to suffer the penalty imprisonment punishment is not provided.
Reporting by Daria Sito-Sucic Editing by Francis Currie
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2023-03-24 03:44:43
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