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Imam in Bosnia sex abuse case found guilty
A Bosnian court has found an Imam (local Islamic priest) guilty of sexually abusing an underage girl and sentenced him to 18 months in prison, in a case that shocked Bosnia and stirred up tensions between local media organizations and the country’s influential Islamic Community. The family of the girl pressed charges against the Imam last year, accusing him of sexually molesting their underage daughter during religion classes.
Court lets Karadzic talk to journalist
A judge at the Hague tribunal granted permission last week to former Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadzic to be interviewed by a Dutch reporter from his cell. This is the first time that tribunal allows a defendant to give a media interview.
Show the courage and award the courageous
Non-governmental organizations from Bosnia & Herzegovina started an initiative regarding Show the Courage and Award the Courageous: Six-April Award for the team of FTV magazine ’60 Minuta’. This is an appeal to the authorities and citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina regarding recent happenings relating to physical and verbal attacks on journalists of political TV magazine ’60 Minuta’.
Death threats to journalists in B&H
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in South East Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute, is deeply concerned over recent death threats made against journalists in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Attacks on freedom of speech in Serbia
In an official statement, the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) condemns a recent attack on the Pescanik internet site and the demolition of Pescanik’s radio programme author Svetlana Lukic’s car in a parking lot near the radio building.
Most B&H citizens complain about corruption
According to the Transparency International BiH Advocacy and Legal Advice Centre 2008 annual report, the dramatic level of corruption in BiH has a huge influence on the flagrant breach of fundamental human rights in the country and on the drastic relativization of basic freedoms.