- country
- BiH (RS)
- date text
- 20/07/2023
- actor text
- Milorad Dodik
- campaign id
- BIH-CAMP-003
- 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.
- date confidence
- exact
- 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
- id
- SIG-BIH-008
- incident id
- BIH-008
- normalized date
- 2023-07-20
- observation
- country
- BiH (RS)
- actor primary
- Milorad Dodik
- actor type primary
- Senior Official
- campaign id
- BIH-CAMP-003
- campaign phase
- Stage 6: Structural Enabler
- campaigns served
- BIH-CAMP-003; BIH-CAMP-004
- case id
- BIH-008
- channel primary
- Parliament
- 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.
- consequence category
- Social Trust Erosion
- date confidence
- exact
- enabler status
- Partially dismantled
- enabler type
- Legislative Framework
- escalation stage
- 6
- event date normalized
- 2023-07-20
- event date raw
- 20/07/2023
- harm track
- Track 2 — Social Trust Erosion
- institutional consequence
- Legislation introduced; Chilling effect; International response
- primary narrative code
- NF-07
- primary narrative label
- Democratic Mandate Attack
- secondary narrative code
- NF-01
- secondary narrative label
- Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence
- secondary source url
- https://balkancsd.net/cpcd-publishes-2023-report-on-the-civil-society-environment-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina/
- signal id
- SIG-BIH-008
- 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
- source type
- Parliament
- source url
- https://www.mfrr.eu/bih-mfrr-urges-republika-srpska-deputies-to-not-re-criminalise-defamation/
- tactic code
- Foreign Agent Legislation
- target
- All independent media and journalists in RS; civil
- target type
- Sector
- trigger type
- TR-06: Legislative Milestone
- secondary source url
- https://balkancsd.net/cpcd-publishes-2023-report-on-the-civil-society-environment-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina/
- source type
- Parliament
- source url
- https://www.mfrr.eu/bih-mfrr-urges-republika-srpska-deputies-to-not-re-criminalise-defamation/
- target text
- All independent media and journalists in RS; civil
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