President Milorad Dodik unleashed a verbal tirade against N1 television journalist Snezana Mitrovic, further intensifying his attack through a subsequent phone call laced with insults and profanity.

Bosnian journalists Alena Beširević and Harun Dinarević were targeted with a barrage of misogynistic, sexist, and homophobic insults by the Mayor of Šipovo municipality in Republika Srpska.

The Chairman of the Presidency, Milorad Dodik, threatened journalist Tanja Topić calling her ‘agent of the German BND’ and ‘traitor’ in a statement to the SRNA news agency from Republika Srpska. The Coalition For Women In Journalism (CFWIJ) condemns the intimidation tactics coming from top political officials against journalists. We find these tactics endanger journalists’ safety and stand in solidarity with Tanja.

The Coalition For Women In Journalism deplores the decision by Republika Srpska prosecutor to drop charges on an ex-convict who threatened journalist Vanja Stokić with death.

Srpska Republika News Agency (SRNA) correspondent Jelena Desic was brutally threatened on July 27, for reporting on waste storage in the municipalities of Drvar and Bosansko Grahovo. The dumping had led to complaints from residents about the environment and public health during the Covid-19 pandemic.