{"id":"SIG-BIH-022","country":"BiH (RS)","excerpt":"Youth organization had all funding withdrawn because activist's husband was opposition party member — direct political targeting via financial channels. Separately, CSO reported being told by tax inspector they were being pressured specifically for not belonging to a political party. Political affiliation determines financial access to CSO sector.","date_text":"Apr 2023","actor_text":"RS government (funding authority)","source_url":"https://balkancsd.net/cpcd-publishes-2023-report-on-the-civil-society-environment-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina/","campaign_id":"BIH-CAMP-003","incident_id":"BIH-022","observation":{"target":"Youth organization (funding cut); individual CSO (inspector pressure)","case_id":"BIH-022","country":"BiH (RS)","signal_id":"SIG-BIH-022","harm_track":"Both","source_url":"https://balkancsd.net/cpcd-publishes-2023-report-on-the-civil-society-environment-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina/","campaign_id":"BIH-CAMP-003","source_type":"Official/Regulatory","tactic_code":"Political Favouritism in Grants (inverse: political punishment via funding withdrawal)","target_type":"CSO","trigger_type":"TR-08: Proactive / Ambient","actor_primary":"RS government (funding authority)","campaign_phase":"Phase 4: Institutional Operationalization","event_date_raw":"Apr 2023","channel_primary":"Official/Regulatory","date_confidence":"month_year","confidence_notes":"Most direct evidence of political affiliation determining CSO financial access. Inspector explicitly stating political motivation is rare — usually implied, here documented. Connects to BIH-014 (political favouritism in grants): same mechanism in reverse — BIH-014 rewards compliant CSOs, BIH-022 pun | Date refined: funding cut due to opposition affiliation occurred Q2 2023 (April-May 2023). Inspector explicitly cited political non-alignment — \"You are not on the list of friendly organizations.\" Sources: Monitoring Matrix BiH 2023; Mreža za izgradnju mira activist testimonies mid-2023.","escalation_stage":"4","actor_type_primary":"Senior Official","source_text_excerpt":"Youth organization had all funding withdrawn because activist's husband was opposition party member — direct political targeting via financial channels. Separately, CSO reported being told by tax inspector they were being pressured specifically for not belonging to a political party. Political affiliation determines financial access to CSO sector.","consequence_category":"Legal/Administrative + Social Trust Erosion","secondary_source_url":"","event_date_normalized":"2023-04-01","primary_narrative_code":"NF-09","primary_narrative_label":"Political Interference","secondary_narrative_code":"NF-02","institutional_consequence":"Donor intimidation; Chilling effect","secondary_narrative_label":"Financial Corruption / Grant Abuse"},"response_id":null,"source_type":"Official/Regulatory","target_text":"Youth organization (funding cut); individual CSO (inspector pressure)","date_confidence":"month_year","normalized_date":"2023-04-01","confidence_notes":"Most direct evidence of political affiliation determining CSO financial access. Inspector explicitly stating political motivation is rare — usually implied, here documented. Connects to BIH-014 (political favouritism in grants): same mechanism in reverse — BIH-014 rewards compliant CSOs, BIH-022 pun | Date refined: funding cut due to opposition affiliation occurred Q2 2023 (April-May 2023). Inspector explicitly cited political non-alignment — \"You are not on the list of friendly organizations.\" Sources: Monitoring Matrix BiH 2023; Mreža za izgradnju mira activist testimonies mid-2023.","secondary_source_url":""}