Sessions of the Complaints Commission of the Press Council in BiH

The Session of the Complaints Commission of the Press Council in BiH will be held on Friday, December 28, 2018.

Since the start of the year, the Press Council in BiH received a total of 313 complaints, out of which 239 regarded the writings of the press and online media, while 74 complaints regarded internet visitor comments.

In the period since the last session, October to December 2018, the Council received a total of 91 complaints, where thirty seven (37) were resolved through self-regulation, i.e. through publication of denials, reactions, corrections or apologies, or by removing content containing hate speech, incitement or discrimination.

Currently in process there are eleven (11) complaints, while in three (3) cases the complainants withdrew from further procedure, and four (4) cases were out of the jurisdiction of the Press Council in BiH, because they regarded content published on blogs, social networks and electronic media - radio or television.

The Complaints Commission of the Press Council in BiH, on its session held on December 28, 2018, will consider thirty six (36) complaints:

1. Lejla Hairlahović-portal sport.novi.ba 
2. Center for Women’s Rights Zenica - daily “Dnevni avaz“ 
3. The Advisory board of BiH- portal poskok.info 
4. Mr. Eldin Smailagic - daily “Dnevni Avaz” 
5. Mr. Zdenko Sanje - daily “Dnevni Avaz” 
6. Mr. Muamer Fazlagic - daily “Dnevni Avaz” 
7. Mr. Semir Pasanbegovic - daily “Dnevni Avaz”
   
8. Mr. Alija Bezdrov - daily “Dnevni Avaz” 
   
9. Mr. Alija Bajrica - daily “Dnevni Avaz” 
10. Ms. Amila Hasecic - portal source.ba 
11. Ms. Amila Hasecic - portal tuzlanski.ba 
12. Ms. Amila Hasecic - portal oslobodjenje.ba 
13. Ms. Amila Hasecic - portal mojabanjaluka.info 
14. Ms. Amila Hasecic - portal grudeonline.info
15. Ms. Amila Hasecic - portal inportal.ba 
    
16. Ms. Amila Hasecic - portal blicnews.ba 
    
17. Ms. Amila Hasecic - portal klix.ba 
    
18. Ms. Amila Hasecic - portal avaz.ba
19. Ms. Amila Hasecic - portal nezavisne.com 
    
20. Ms. Amila Hasecic - portal faktor.ba 
    
21. Ms. Amila Hasecic - portal blijesak.info 
    
22. Ms. Amila Hasecic - portal haber.ba 
    
23. Ms. Amila Hasecic - portal bhvijesti.ba
24. Ms. Amila Hasecic - portal doznajemo.com
25. Ms. Amila Hasecic - portal federalna.ba
26. Ms. Amila Hasecic - portal radiosarajevo.ba
27. Ms. Amila Hasecic - portal tv1.ba
28. Ms. Amila Hasecic - portal tv1.ba
29. Ms. Amila Hasecic - portal tv1.ba
30. Ms. Amila Hasecic - portal ba.n1info.com
31. Ms. Amila Hasecic - portal ba.n1info.com
32. Ms. Amila Hasecic - portal hayat.ba
33. Ms. Amila Hasecic - portal hayat.ba
34. Ms. Demila Gabriel - daily “Dnevni Avaz”
35. Ms. Demila Gabriel - portal avaz.ba
36. FK Zeljeznicar - portal inforadar.ba

The Session will be attended by the members of the Complaints Commission:  Prof. Miodrag Živanović PhD; Attorney Dražen Zubak; Editor Fuad Kovačević; Judge Nada Arsenić; Prof. Enes Osmančević PhD; Editor Milan Šutalo; Journalist Muhamed Jusić; Docent Zlatiborka Popov Momčinović PhD; Attorney Nada Dalipagić; Journalist Suzana Mijatović and Journalist Rajna Radosavljević.

The adjudications of the Complaints Commission are public, sent to the editorial staff and the complainant for review, and are permanently posted on the web www.vzs.ba, Facebook http://www.facebook.com/VijeceZaStampuBiH, and Twitter page of the Press Council in BiH, https://twitter.com/VZSuBiH.