The Parliamentary Committee for Internal Affairs and National Security reached its conclusions one month after the parliamentary investigation on the case of five journalists accused by the Counter Intelligence Service for media-intelligence conspiracy against
There is a reasonable doubt that the CIS violated fundamental human rights and freedoms of five journalists without any ground, because the evidence and data presented to the Committee do not justify the accusation against journalists in the „Presentation“ made by former head of the CIS, Franjo Turek. This is the general conclusion reached by the Committee on Wednesday, March 16, based on suggestions of the Civic Committee for the Oversight of the Secret Services and a special working group of the Committee, founded for this purpose.
In the case of journalist Gordan Malic, the Committee concluded that the CIS did not put into use any direct measures that could violate his human rights, stating that he was only „collateral damage“ because he communicated with „persons of interest to the intelligence services“. In addition, the Committee finds that all of the mentioned journalists were not the direct subject of the secret investigation.
– I agree with the conclusions in principle, but I think it was necessary to add that the so called „Turek presentation“disturbed the dignity of the journalists. – said member of the Civic Committee for the Oversight of the Secret Services Tin Gazivoda for daily newspaper Jutarnji list.
However, even after this intensive investigation and several concrete conclusions, members of the Committee avoided to confirm indisputable human rights violations, shifting this responsibility to the State Prosecutors Office. By doing so, the Committee raises additional doubts about the misuse of the secret services in
