- country
- BiH (RS)
- date text
- Apr 2023
- actor text
- RS government (funding authority)
- campaign id
- BIH-CAMP-003
- 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.
- date confidence
- month_year
- 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- Youth organization had all funding withdrawn because activist's husband was opposition party member — direct political targeting via financial channels.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.
- id
- SIG-BIH-022
- incident id
- BIH-022
- normalized date
- 2023-04-01
- observation
- country
- BiH (RS)
- actor primary
- RS government (funding authority)
- actor type primary
- Senior Official
- campaign id
- BIH-CAMP-003
- campaign phase
- Phase 4: Institutional Operationalization
- case id
- BIH-022
- channel primary
- Official/Regulatory
- 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.
- consequence category
- Legal/Administrative + Social Trust Erosion
- date confidence
- month_year
- escalation stage
- 4
- event date normalized
- 2023-04-01
- event date raw
- Apr 2023
- harm track
- Both
- institutional consequence
- Donor intimidation; Chilling effect
- primary narrative code
- NF-09
- primary narrative label
- Political Interference
- secondary narrative code
- NF-02
- secondary narrative label
- Financial Corruption / Grant Abuse
- signal id
- SIG-BIH-022
- 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.
- source type
- Official/Regulatory
- source url
- https://balkancsd.net/cpcd-publishes-2023-report-on-the-civil-society-environment-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina/
- tactic code
- Political Favouritism in Grants (inverse: political punishment via funding withdrawal)
- target
- Youth organization (funding cut); individual CSO (inspector pressure)
- target type
- CSO
- trigger type
- TR-08: Proactive / Ambient
- source type
- Official/Regulatory
- source url
- https://balkancsd.net/cpcd-publishes-2023-report-on-the-civil-society-environment-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina/
- target text
- Youth organization (funding cut); individual CSO (inspector pressure)
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