{"id":"SIG-BIH-049","country":"BiH (RS)","excerpt":"RS President Dodik publicly discredits journalists during speech on proposed defamation law (March 8 2023) — 4 months before adoption (July 20 2023). Authorization signal preceding legislative adoption: sector-wide delegitimization of media in direct conjunction with defamation recriminalisation being advanced in RS National Assembly.","date_text":"08/03/2023","actor_text":"Milorad Dodik","source_url":"https://www.mapmf.org/alert/30673","campaign_id":"BIH-CAMP-003","incident_id":null,"observation":{"target":"BiH independent journalists and media","case_id":"","country":"BiH (RS)","signal_id":"SIG-BIH-049","harm_track":"Track 2 — Social Trust Erosion","source_url":"https://www.mapmf.org/alert/30673","campaign_id":"BIH-CAMP-003","source_type":"Official/Regulatory","tactic_code":"TC-01","target_type":"Sector","enabler_type":"","trigger_type":"TR-06: Legislative Milestone","actor_primary":"Milorad Dodik","actor_function":"Authorizing Actor","campaign_phase":"Phase 1: Authorization","enabler_status":"","event_date_raw":"08/03/2023","channel_primary":"Official/Regulatory","date_confidence":"exact","campaigns_served":"","confidence_notes":"Phase 1 Authorization signal preceding SIG-BIH-042 (defamation recriminalisation adoption July 20 2023) by 4 months. Dodik links journalist criticism to proposed defamation law — making the legislative purpose explicit: silencing critical media through criminal liability. Part of March 2023 coordinated RS legislative package alongside foreign agent law.","escalation_stage":"1","narrative_origin":"Domestic","narrative_density":"High","actor_type_primary":"Senior Official","source_text_excerpt":"RS President Dodik publicly discredits journalists during speech on proposed defamation law (March 8 2023) — 4 months before adoption (July 20 2023). Authorization signal preceding legislative adoption: sector-wide delegitimization of media in direct conjunction with defamation recriminalisation being advanced in RS National Assembly.","consequence_category":"Social Trust Erosion","secondary_source_url":"https://www.mfrr.eu/bih-mfrr-urges-republika-srpska-deputies-to-not-re-criminalise-defamation/","consequence_signal_id":"SIG-BIH-042","event_date_normalized":"2023-03-08","trigger_to_signal_lag":"","primary_narrative_code":"NF-01","consequence_campaign_id":"BIH-CAMP-003","primary_narrative_label":"Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence","secondary_narrative_code":"","institutional_consequence":"Legislative authorization for defamation recriminalisation adopted July 2023","secondary_narrative_label":"","signal_to_consequence_lag":"","trigger_event_description":"RS National Assembly introduction of defamation recriminalisation bill March 2023"},"response_id":null,"source_type":"Official/Regulatory","target_text":"BiH independent journalists and media","date_confidence":"exact","normalized_date":"2023-03-08","confidence_notes":"Phase 1 Authorization signal preceding SIG-BIH-042 (defamation recriminalisation adoption July 20 2023) by 4 months. Dodik links journalist criticism to proposed defamation law — making the legislative purpose explicit: silencing critical media through criminal liability. Part of March 2023 coordinated RS legislative package alongside foreign agent law.","secondary_source_url":"https://www.mfrr.eu/bih-mfrr-urges-republika-srpska-deputies-to-not-re-criminalise-defamation/"}