Intl organisations warn of danger of criminalising defamation in the RS entity

European and International Federation of Journalists have joined their affiliate in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the BH Novinari association, in warning of the dangers of criminalising defamation and asked for the European Commission and the Council of Europe to call on the Government of Bosnia's Republika Srpska entity and its President Milorad Dodik to cancel the proposal to re-introduce defamation and insults as “criminal offences” in the Criminal Code of Republika Srpska. Pročitaj više