EU reiterates that RS entity law on defamation goes against Bosnia's EU path

The European Union deplores the entry into force of amendments to the criminal code of the Republika Srpska entity, reintroducing criminal penalties for defamation, an EU spokesperson said on the day when the legislation in the Bosnian Serb entity came into force, stressing that these law changes impose “unnecessary and disproportionate restrictions on independent media and civil society.” Pročitaj više