A Judge From Prijedor Sentenced To Ten Months In Prison
Judge Drena Marin was sentenced in the first instance to ten months in prison for appointing her sister as an ex officio lawyer, thus enabling her to earn seven thousand marks.
Cash Leaking Through Permeable Borders of BiH
In three years, passengers illegally took at least BAM 37.6 million from BiH to neighboring countries in front of customs officers. The authorities do not know that the money’s gone or where it came from, because its origin is not checked even in cases of legal transfer.
A Court Deed Covering Up Money Laundering
The real estate of a stockbroker Zijad Blekić is suspected to have been used for laundering BAM 1.1 million from NLB bank, and six years later, in the Travnik Land Registry Office, it was deeded to a non-existing company.
CIN Presented With A UNICEF Award For Media Contributions For Protection And Promotion Of The Rights Of The Child
A CIN reporter Sadeta Bajrović won the UNICEF award for media contributions for protection and promotion of the rights of the child in BiH for a story about children suffering from a rare and incurable disease who were denied the right to treatment by the bureaucratic government.
Requests to remove texts and démenti must not serve censorship
Requests to remove texts about perpetrators of criminal acts are a kind of subsequent censorship and pressure on the media, and denial cannot serve as a mechanism for publishing someone’s personal opinion, but only as a right to deny published statement.
CIN wins the International Award for Investigative Journalism
The CIN journalist won the first prize for a story about incentives paid to power generators from renewable sources, which are financed by BiH citizens, and a story about the children suffering rare diseases struggling with the bureaucratic government that makes their treatment difficult.
Road To The House Of The Deputy Mayor Of Brčko To Be Built With Public Money
Although the court annulled the earlier decision of the Brčko District Assembly declaring the road to the family house of the deputy mayor Ante Domić the public interest, deputies in the Assembly passed a new one.
“Public Interest” In The Service Of Politicians
Due to vague rules on expropriation, in Brčko District, private needs are being satisfied and land is being taken away to build access roads to the houses of politicians and voters, all under the guise of public interest.
Call for Training of Trainers
Reporting Diversity Network ToT on Recognizing and Countering Hate Speech.