- country
- BiH (RS)
- date text
- 08/03/2023
- actor text
- Milorad Dodik
- campaign id
- BIH-CAMP-003
- 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.
- date confidence
- exact
- 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.
- id
- SIG-BIH-049
- normalized date
- 2023-03-08
- observation
- country
- BiH (RS)
- actor function
- Authorizing Actor
- actor primary
- Milorad Dodik
- actor type primary
- Senior Official
- campaign id
- BIH-CAMP-003
- campaign phase
- Phase 1: Authorization
- channel primary
- Official/Regulatory
- 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.
- consequence campaign id
- BIH-CAMP-003
- consequence category
- Social Trust Erosion
- consequence signal id
- SIG-BIH-042
- date confidence
- exact
- escalation stage
- 1
- event date normalized
- 2023-03-08
- event date raw
- 08/03/2023
- harm track
- Track 2 — Social Trust Erosion
- institutional consequence
- Legislative authorization for defamation recriminalisation adopted July 2023
- narrative density
- High
- narrative origin
- Domestic
- primary narrative code
- NF-01
- primary narrative label
- Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence
- secondary source url
- https://www.mfrr.eu/bih-mfrr-urges-republika-srpska-deputies-to-not-re-criminalise-defamation/
- signal id
- SIG-BIH-049
- 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.
- source type
- Official/Regulatory
- source url
- https://www.mapmf.org/alert/30673
- tactic code
- TC-01
- target
- BiH independent journalists and media
- target type
- Sector
- trigger event description
- RS National Assembly introduction of defamation recriminalisation bill March 2023
- trigger type
- TR-06: Legislative Milestone
- secondary source url
- https://www.mfrr.eu/bih-mfrr-urges-republika-srpska-deputies-to-not-re-criminalise-defamation/
- source type
- Official/Regulatory
- source url
- https://www.mapmf.org/alert/30673
- target text
- BiH independent journalists and media
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