Journalists Gregor Mayer and Zoltan Nemeth harassed by Bosnian Serb authorities
On 20 April 1996, Austrian journalist Gregor Mayer, who had been sent to Bosnia by the Austrian magazine “Profil”, and his Yugoslav interpreter, Zoltan Nemeth, himself a journalist from “Novi Sad” in Vojvodina, were refused access to the Republika Srpska at the Karakaj border post. Bosnian Serb police sent them back to the Mali Zvornik […]
Journalist Srecko Latal detained
On 29 March 1996, Bosnian journalist Srecko Latal was apprehended by Bosnian Serb police. Latal, who works for the Associated Press (AP) news agency, was on his way to investigate a series of explosions in Grbavica, located near the border between the Bosnian and Serb zones in Bosnia Herzegovina. Once there, he was confronted and […]
“Dani” journalist Karim Zaimovic dies of his wounds
Karim Zaimovic, a twenty-four year-old journalist with the Sarajevo-based magazine “Dani”, died of his wounds on 13 August 1995. Zaimovic died in hospital, where he was taken after being wounded by a grenade on 7 August. According to the IFJ, Zaimovic is the 76th journalist to be killed in the former Yugoslavia since the start […]
Television building bombed; journalists wounded
On 28 June 1995, a 550-pound bomb carried by what United Nations (UN) officials described as a makeshift rocket crashed into the television building in Sarajevo, killing a police guard and wounding 38 civilians, among them Bosnian and foreign journalists. The television tower which houses Bosnian and foreign television companies has often been hit during […]
Journalists released under prisoner exchange
Sources: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), New York; Reporters sans frontieres (RSF), Paris **Updates IFEX CH alerts dated 3 March 1995** CPJ and RSF confirm reports that journalists Namik Berberovic and Shanaat Nahrawand, both held hostage by Bosnian Serb forces since January and February respectively, were freed on 20 March 1995 at 5pm as part […]
Concerns for missing poet Amir Talic
Amir Talic, a Bosnian poet, was arrested on 22 February 1995 by Bosnian Serb forces. He is now said to be held in an unknown place of detention and there are fears for his well-being. He is among eight people still thought to be detained following a wave of arrests of members of a Muslim […]
TV journalist Namik Berberovic (m) remains in detention; journalist Shanaat Nahrawand (f) detained
**Updates IFEX CH alert dated 3 February 1995** Namik Berberovic, a Bosnian television journalist, remains in detention in Bosnia. There are concerns for his safety and his health. Berberovic, who works for the Bosnian-Austrian OSSA television, was detained on 26 January 1995 as he was travelling from the Sarajevo airport to the city. (see IFEX […]
Four Radio Zid journalists mobilised into Bosnian army
The IFJ/FIEJ Coordinating Centre reports that four senior journalists employed by Radio Zid have been mobilised into the Army of Bosnia and Hercegovina. Radio Zid had been promised special recognition by Sarajevo authorities and was granted 32 civilian work permits to ensure that the station could remain on the air. Radio Zid has used only […]