MEDIA CENSORSHIP IN BOSNIA WON'T BE ALLOWED - SAYS COMMISSION

( Editorial: --> 6931 ) SARAJEVO, Oct 8 (Hina) - The Independent Media Commission (IMC) in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BH) on Thursday called on all media in the Bosnian Serb entity to immediately report any attempt made at obstructing their work and the rebroadcasting of foreign radio and television programmes. According to an IMC statement, the commission is concerned about announcements made by Yugoslav authorities that they would ban foreign rebroadcasts. It is an unacceptable attempt at imposing censorship, contrary to Article 19 of the universal declaration on human rights which is a constituent part of the BH Constitution, said the statement. The IMC hopes there will be no attempts at implementing such censorship in BH and calls on all media organisations and associations to as soon as possible report any censoring attempts. Yugoslav Deputy Premier Vojislav Seselj recently accused radio stations in Yugoslavia of working against the interests of their country by rebroadcasting programmes of Voice of America and the BBC, and threatened with repressive measures. (hina) ha 082002 MET oct 98