The Cantonal Court in Bihać has issued a final ruling, determining that CIN did not defame Ibrahim Hasanagić, a war veteran from Bihać. The lawsuit was related to CIN’s article, “State Secret About Disabled Veterans”, published two years ago.
Radmila Mandić, a judge at the Municipal Court in Široki Brijeg, received a 10 percent salary reduction for four months due to multiple violations, including copying portions of another judge’s verdict in a ruling against CIN.
CIN journalist Jelena Jevtić has been awarded a special recognition for contribution to journalism by the Banja Luka Journalists’ Club. Jevtić was honored for the documentary ‘Where is Sara?’ which she produced together with CIN producer Mubarek Asani.
Ibrahim Hadžibajrić, the ex-mayor of Stari Grad Municipality, stands accused of allegedly conspiring with friends and relatives to form a criminal group. Among their alleged activities is the misuse of municipal car parks and other public spaces for personal gain, as previously reported by CIN.
The CIN’s database Property Holdings of Judges and Prosecutors“ has been enriched with ten new profiles of court presidents, judges, and prosecutors who, along with their spouses, own houses, apartments, cottages, business premises, land, and garages in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Montenegro, collectively valued at least BAM 3.1 million.
The City Cemetery Banja Luka and UKCRS have released statements regarding the case of the missing baby following CIN’s documentary. However, none of their statements provide an answer to the question “Where is Sara?”
The Banja Luka District Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation following the release of CIN’s documentary “Where is Sara?”, which has stirred public concern and heightened pressure on institutions to provide answers to long-avoided questions.
Judge Radmila Mandić from the Municipal Court in Široki Brijeg confirmed during the hearing before the Disciplinary Commission of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina that she had copied a portion of someone else’s judgment into the verdict against CIN, calling it a „slip-up“.
The results of CIN’s research on statute of limitations in criminal proceedings and court-appointed attorneys in BiH were presented at the Roundtable on ‘Public Trust and Judicial Efficiency”.
The Center for Investigative Reporting presents a documentary film about the missing baby Sara from Banja Luka.
In CIN’s database “Earnings of Court-Appointed Attorneys”, there are detailed records of BAM 167.1 million that the courts in Bosnia and Herzegovina allocated for court-appointed defenses over 17 years.
A property in the center of Sarajevo has been seized upon the request of the Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office of the Sarajevo Canton, following the expansion of the investigation against former municipal mayor Ibrahim Hadžibajrić.
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