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Three months after Šefik Džaferović received a record severance package for retirement as a member of the BiH Presidency, he continued working in the State Parliament.
Centar za istraživačko novinarstvo (CIN)
27.4.2023
Three months after Šefik Džaferović received a record severance package for retirement as a member of the BiH Presidency, he continued working in the State Parliament.
The Municipal Court in Dubrovnik rendered the first instance judgment sentencing the police officer Zoran Čegar to a prison sentence for threatening a CIN reporter. The sentence will not be enforced if Čegar does not reoffend within two years after the decision becomes final.
The indictment against him was filed in Croatia due to the threats addressed to a CIN reporter in October last year before the Municipal Court in Dubrovnik. He is already on trial before this court on charges of fraud.
Last year, the HJPC imposed measures on 33 judges and prosecutors, most often salary cuts. In 15 proceedings, the lawsuits were rejected or the proceedings were suspended. These are main conclusions from the Office from the Disciplinary Counsel’s Annual Report 2022.
The Brčko Prosecutor’s Office filed an indictment against MP Alija Denjagić and president of the local citizens’ association Enida Osmanović-Stevanović. They were accused of abusing their positions to obtain material benefits for themselves and others through the Brčko grants.
The National Assembly of the Republika Srpska voted on the Draft Law on Amendments to the Criminal Code to make insult and defamation a criminal offense punishable by fines of up to BAM 120,000.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina found that the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina did not follow due process, and ordered them to reconsider the CIN’s request for access to information.
The HJPC disciplined the BiH prosecutor Gordana Tadić with a 30 percent salary cut for one year due to inappropriate status on the social network.
The RS Register of Pedophiles will also include persons who are convicted in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina or other states but reside in this Entity. This change was prompted by CIN’s investigation about teachers who are convicted molesters but continued to work in education.
Reporters who publicly criticized the proposal of the RS authorities to criminalize defamation became the target of insults and attacks.
Due to the criminal proceedings being conducted in BiH and Croatia against police chief Zoran Čegar for threats to reporters, the disciplinary proceedings initiated against him by the FUP for the same matter has been suspended.
A retired lawyer, a former court clerk, and a real estate broker were sentenced in Sarajevo to a total of seven years and three months in prison for forging documents. The other five defendants were acquitted.
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