OSCE CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS IN BOSNIA

SARAJEVO, Feb 12 (Hina) - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) mission in Sarajevo on Wednesday condemned attacks on journalists in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the past few weeks. Two journalists of independent ISV radio were severely beaten in Sarajevo last December. Police in the central town of Jajce prevented a Bosnian state-run television cameraman from doing his job during a visit by international mediator Christian Schwarz-Schilling, OSCE said in a statement. Mostar television reporters were attacked at the Hotel Ero on February 1. In late January, the studio of Radio AB in Visoko near Sarajevo was destroyed in a fire. A group of thugs broke into the offices of "BH Dani" magazine and beat up a deputy to the editor in chief, the statement said. The OSCE mission said it had launched an investigation into the events and would make every effort to ensures journalists full freedom of movement and normal performance of their professional activities. (hina) vm mm 121737 MET feb 97