Alerts | Arrest/detention under other laws

Bosnia and Herzegovina police detain TV journalists and delete COVID-19 interviews

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A journalist and camera operator of RTV Slon were briefly detained by police while shooting images in the Tuzla Canton, despite having valid press cards and permits that allowed them to move around and work during the curfew. They were reporting in the current context of pandemic on a group of citizens which had arrived at a COVID-19 isolation centre in Tuzla. The police seized the journalists’ phones and deleted all the footage about the event they were reporting on.

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