ZAGREB/MOSTAR, Oct 15 (Hina) - The Association of Croatian Journalists (UHN) in Bosnia-Herzegovina on Friday issued a statement strongly protesting against the behaviour of soldiers of NATO's Stabilisation Force (SFOR), who yesterday
made a forced entry into the premises of a television station in western, Croat-controlled Mostar. The association said it fully supported fellow journalists on the Erotel television station. Today's statement says that SFOR's soldiers forced 15 members of the television station's staff to write their names on a piece of paper and hold it in front of them, while the soldiers took photographs. The UHN further maintains that by preventing Erotel's journalists from timely and unbiased reporting, SFOR's soldiers had violated the basic principles of the free journalism. The UHN called on all journalists' associations around the world to condemn the "imp
ZAGREB/MOSTAR, Oct 15 (Hina) - The Association of Croatian
Journalists (UHN) in Bosnia-Herzegovina on Friday issued a
statement strongly protesting against the behaviour of soldiers of
NATO's Stabilisation Force (SFOR), who yesterday made a forced
entry into the premises of a television station in western, Croat-
controlled Mostar.
The association said it fully supported fellow journalists on the
Erotel television station.
Today's statement says that SFOR's soldiers forced 15 members of
the television station's staff to write their names on a piece of
paper and hold it in front of them, while the soldiers took
photographs.
The UHN further maintains that by preventing Erotel's journalists
from timely and unbiased reporting, SFOR's soldiers had violated
the basic principles of the free journalism.
The UHN called on all journalists' associations around the world to
condemn the "impolite and unprofessional" behaviour of SFOR's
soldiers, and to speak up for the protection of journalism.
(hina) ha jn