{"id":"BIH-044","notes":"RS jurisdiction. Two-step state mechanism: official ban creates vulnerability + police inaction enables mob enforcement. Comparable to HUN-013 (Pecs Pride prosecution) and GEO-020 (TSU camp dismantlement) as assembly suppression pattern.","country":"Bosnia and Herzegovina","sources":[{"url":null,"citation":"Human Rights Watch BiH 2023; Amnesty International 2023; local civil society documentation"}],"summary":"RS police issued formal prohibition of planned indoor LGBT human rights event and film screening in Banja Luka citing security concerns. Hours after the ban, when activists gathered at a local office, a violent mob of 30-40 extremists physically and verbally attacked them, injuring three. Police non-intervention after explicitly naming the security threat in the ban documentation. Clearest state-actor case in BiH LGBTQ+ suppression series: official ban creates legal vulnerability and political signal, mob executes physical suppression, police complete the operation through inaction.","tactics":[{"code":"TC-39","role":"primary","label":"Mass Criminalization of Protest and Civic Mobilization","needs_review":false},{"code":"TC-20","role":"secondary","label":"Security Apparatus Enforcement","needs_review":false}],"version":1,"channels":["Physical","Police / Administrative"],"entities":[{"id":765,"name":"Banja Luka Police (RS entity); unidentified extremist mob (state-condoned)","role":"actor","entity_type":"Government; Non-State (state-condoned)"},{"id":766,"name":"LGBTQ+ activists and human rights defenders, Banja Luka; event organizers of planned indoor LGBT human rights event and film screening","role":"target","entity_type":"CSO; Individual"}],"date_text":"10/2023","created_at":"2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00","escalation":4,"harm_track":"Track 3 — Operational Suppression","narratives":[{"code":"LEGACY-N-5c9ec0b9ef8f","role":"primary","label":"National Values / Cultural Sovereignty","needs_review":true},{"code":"LEGACY-N-c422428f906e","role":"secondary","label":"Security Threat","needs_review":true}],"report_ids":[],"signal_ids":[],"updated_at":"2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00","occurred_on":"2023-10-01","campaign_ids":["BIH-CAMP-007"],"enabler_type":"","response_ids":[],"trigger_type":"TR-05: Reactive to Watchdog Activity","campaign_phase":"Phase 3: Amplification","civic_response":"","date_precision":"month","enabler_status":"","campaigns_served":[],"consequence_category":"Operational Suppression","institutional_consequence":"Three activists injured; indoor event space denied; LGBTQ+ assembly fully suppressed in Banja Luka jurisdiction"}