Hate speech is difficult to recognize, although it is increasingly present in public space, so the fight against it requires a systemic response from society and sanctions from the relevant institutions against the perpetrator.
For two days, SIPA has been seizing documentation from the Indirect Taxation Authority of BiH in search of evidence in a criminal proceeding against inspectors who had been racketeering shopkeepers.
The Cantonal Court in Sarajevo has handed down a final verdict to former court clerk Ekrem Bezdrob. He was sentenced to eight months in prison for accepting gifts and other forms of benefits.
Foresters documented illegal logging on the plots the Municipality of Trnovo sold to private investors. Two years ago, this Municipality engaged in illegal logging in this same area.
Former member of the Brčko District Assembly Pejo Mendeš, and his assistants Jasmin Ravkić and Mato Gluhaković were sentenced to a total of 12 months in prison for election fraud ahead of the 2020 local elections.
State deputies adopted a proposal to reduce the retirement severance pay for politicians from BAM 30,000 to 10,000. In addition to high severance pay, the current regulations allow them to receive both the pension and salary.
On the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day, professors, representatives of BIRN, CIN, BUKA magazine, and the Swedish Ambassador to BiH spoke about how to protect the truth from misinformation. On this occasion, an exhibition of important journalistic stories which failed to prompt the necessary reaction from judicial institutions was organized.
The 2021 Best Journalist of the Year Award presented to the Center for Investigative Reporting.
The Federation of BiH is one step closer to stopping the construction of small hydropower plants, given that the FBiH Government has accepted the proposal to stop issuing energy permits.
The habitat of rare plants “Gostilj” on the mountain Ozren near Doboj and the natural monument “Mokranjska Miljacka Cave” near Pale are new protected areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Former members of the Brčko District Assembly, Radoslav Bogićević and Nenad Kojić from the Narodni demokratski pokret NDP [People’s Democratic Movement] sentenced to four months in prison for election fraud ahead of the 2020 elections.
Former Minister of Physical Planning of West Herzegovina Canton Ivan Topić and director of the company “Lager” from Posušje, Dubravka Bašić are sentenced to 10 and 8 months in prison respectively for abuse of office or authority, while Lager was ordered to pay a BAM 5,000 fine.
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