{"id":"SIG-BIH-040","country":"BiH","excerpt":"RS intimidation pattern: targets face binary choice — \"withdraw from public life or leave the country.\" Vasković flees RS 2018 after car bombing threat. Ratešić: smear + police detention + family threats → exile. Post-exit: lawsuits, doxxing, smear continuation across borders.","date_text":"2018 — ongoing","actor_text":"SNSD; RTRS; RS courts; RS police; bot networks","source_url":"TBC — source document provided by Biljana","campaign_id":"BIH-CAMP-003","incident_id":"BIH-040","observation":{"target":"Journalists, activists, opposition critics in RS","case_id":"BIH-040","country":"BiH","signal_id":"SIG-BIH-040","harm_track":"Track 2 — Social Trust Erosion","source_url":"TBC — source document provided by Biljana","campaign_id":"BIH-CAMP-003","source_type":"Legacy Press","tactic_code":"TC-03 + TC-11 + TC-17 + TC-19 + TC-21 + TC-28; DISTINCT: forced civic exit as governance outcome","target_type":"Individual Organization","enabler_type":"","trigger_type":"TR-02: Civic Mobilization","actor_primary":"SNSD; RTRS; RS courts; RS police; bot networks","actor_function":"combined","campaign_phase":"Phase 5: Systemic Assault","enabler_status":"","event_date_raw":"2018 — ongoing","channel_primary":"Broadcast Media","date_confidence":"range_start","campaigns_served":"","confidence_notes":"Range start 2018 — Vasković documented departure. Ongoing through 2026. Exact individual incident dates to be confirmed from primary source. Source URL TBC.","escalation_stage":"5","narrative_origin":"hybrid","narrative_density":"high","actor_type_primary":"Government Official","source_text_excerpt":"RS intimidation pattern: targets face binary choice — \"withdraw from public life or leave the country.\" Vasković flees RS 2018 after car bombing threat. Ratešić: smear + police detention + family threats → exile. Post-exit: lawsuits, doxxing, smear continuation across borders.","consequence_category":"Social Trust Erosion","secondary_source_url":"","event_date_normalized":"2018-01-01","trigger_to_signal_lag":"pre-existing","primary_narrative_code":"NF-01","primary_narrative_label":"Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence","secondary_narrative_code":"NF-06 + NF-BiH-03","institutional_consequence":"Forced exile; family coercion; cross-border harassment; sector-wide self-censorship; shrinking RS public sphere","secondary_narrative_label":"Destabilization Agent + Foreign Mercenaries BiH variant"},"response_id":null,"source_type":"Legacy Press","target_text":"Journalists, activists, opposition critics in RS","date_confidence":"range_start","normalized_date":"2018-01-01","confidence_notes":"Range start 2018 — Vasković documented departure. Ongoing through 2026. Exact individual incident dates to be confirmed from primary source. Source URL TBC.","secondary_source_url":""}