Bosnian Journalists Stage Protest After Attack on Reporter

Journalists gathered on Tuesday in Sarajevo, Mostar and Zenica to demand an end to violence against reporters in Bosnia and Heregovina, two days after Vladimir Kovacevic, a journalist at BN TV, one of the main media outlets in Bosnia's Serb-dominated entity, Republika Srpska, was attacked in front of his home in Banja Luka.

The attack on Kovacevic on Sunday is being investigated by police as an attempted murder.

  Protest in Mostar. Photo courtesy of N1

Journalists and media workers staged a protest walk in the southern town of Mostar to support Kovacevic, but also to insist that journalists be able to work in secure conditions without fear of assault.

Protest in Mostar. Photo courtesy of N1

 The same message was sent from the Bosnian capital Sarajevo, where a group of journalists gathered in front of the National Theatre holding posters with slogans saying that "journalism is not a crime".

Protest in Sarajevo. Photo courtesy of N1

In the central Bosnian town of Zenica, there was a further protest by journalists, also demanding better security for journalists working all over the country.

Protest in Sarajevo. Photo courtesy of N1 Protest in Zenica. Photo courtesy of N1

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