{"id":"SIG-BIH-008","country":"BiH (RS)","excerpt":"RS National Assembly adopts amendments to Criminal Code criminalizing defamation — 47 votes in favour out of 63 present members (July 20, 2023). Reverses RS's own 2001 law that had decriminalized defamation, making RS a regional leader at the time. Fine structure: up to 3,000 BAM for basic defamation; up to 50,000 BAM if committed through media, radio, TV, or public gathering. Draft law published March 2023 alongside foreign agent law draft — part of coordinated legislative package. Ministry of","date_text":"20/07/2023","actor_text":"Milorad Dodik","source_url":"https://www.mfrr.eu/bih-mfrr-urges-republika-srpska-deputies-to-not-re-criminalise-defamation/","campaign_id":"BIH-CAMP-003","incident_id":"BIH-008","observation":{"target":"All independent media and journalists in RS; civil","case_id":"BIH-008","country":"BiH (RS)","signal_id":"SIG-BIH-008","harm_track":"Track 2 — Social Trust Erosion","source_url":"https://www.mfrr.eu/bih-mfrr-urges-republika-srpska-deputies-to-not-re-criminalise-defamation/","campaign_id":"BIH-CAMP-003","source_type":"Parliament","tactic_code":"Foreign Agent Legislation","target_type":"Sector","enabler_type":"Legislative Framework","trigger_type":"TR-06: Legislative Milestone","actor_primary":"Milorad Dodik","campaign_phase":"Stage 6: Structural Enabler","enabler_status":"Partially dismantled","event_date_raw":"20/07/2023","channel_primary":"Parliament","date_confidence":"exact","campaigns_served":"BIH-CAMP-003; BIH-CAMP-004","confidence_notes":"CROSS-COUNTRY PATTERN — LEGISLATIVE CRIMINALIZATION: RS defamation criminalization = same mechanism as RS COVID fake new | COORDINATED LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE: Defamation criminalization introduced same month as foreign agent law draft — dual-track legislative assault on critical speech and civic financ | Date refined to exact: July 20, 2023 — RS National Assembly adopts Criminal Code amendments (47 votes in favour out of 63 present). Extracted from existing case description text.","escalation_stage":"6","actor_type_primary":"Senior Official","source_text_excerpt":"RS National Assembly adopts amendments to Criminal Code criminalizing defamation — 47 votes in favour out of 63 present members (July 20, 2023). Reverses RS's own 2001 law that had decriminalized defamation, making RS a regional leader at the time. Fine structure: up to 3,000 BAM for basic defamation; up to 50,000 BAM if committed through media, radio, TV, or public gathering. Draft law published March 2023 alongside foreign agent law draft — part of coordinated legislative package. Ministry of","consequence_category":"Social Trust Erosion","secondary_source_url":"https://balkancsd.net/cpcd-publishes-2023-report-on-the-civil-society-environment-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina/","event_date_normalized":"2023-07-20","primary_narrative_code":"NF-07","primary_narrative_label":"Democratic Mandate Attack","secondary_narrative_code":"NF-01","institutional_consequence":"Legislation introduced; Chilling effect; International response","secondary_narrative_label":"Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence"},"response_id":null,"source_type":"Parliament","target_text":"All independent media and journalists in RS; civil","date_confidence":"exact","normalized_date":"2023-07-20","confidence_notes":"CROSS-COUNTRY PATTERN — LEGISLATIVE CRIMINALIZATION: RS defamation criminalization = same mechanism as RS COVID fake new | COORDINATED LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE: Defamation criminalization introduced same month as foreign agent law draft — dual-track legislative assault on critical speech and civic financ | Date refined to exact: July 20, 2023 — RS National Assembly adopts Criminal Code amendments (47 votes in favour out of 63 present). Extracted from existing case description text.","secondary_source_url":"https://balkancsd.net/cpcd-publishes-2023-report-on-the-civil-society-environment-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina/"}