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Threats for Journalist of �Nezavisne Novine�

Sladjana Kovacevic

21 April 2005

Sandra Gojkovic, reporter of �Nezavisne Novine� from Banja Luka, received threats over the telephone last Monday, for her report on the illegal activities at the Banja Luka University�s School of Engineering.

Sandra Gojkovic received threats for her report on illegal activities at the School of Engineering

�The threats came even before the article went to the press. A man, who said that his name was Milutin, said that there would be consequences for my well-being and security if the article was published, and that I will have to revoke it�, Gojkovic said for OneWorld SEE.

When she asked whether she was being threatened, the man answered that she should �...just wait and see what happens if the report was published�.

The phone number of the caller was registered by the switchboard at the �Nezavisne Novine� offices, and the police was immediately notified. The owner of the cellular phone used to call Gojkovic does not work at the School of Engineering, but has a degree in Engineering.

Gojkovic says that the caller denied everything. She also don�t see what particular interest this person may have in the whole case, for their is not relation between himself and the article.

�In my mind, he was just manipulated and had no personal motives�, she says.

The threats were condemned by the �BH Journalists� Association. They say that the freedom of the media is a basic democratic right and that the freedom in a state is measured by the freedom of its media.

The report for which the threats were issued referred to the illegal re-election of the Dean of the School of Engineering in Banja Luka, recently accused of abuse of office in which he defrauded 140,000 Konvertible Marks.