The citizens’ association “NEŠTO VIŠE” is implementing the project titled “Strengthening Peace, Security, Mental Health, and Equality through Analysis of Hate Speech in Media in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and reducing its occurrence and consequences through workshops and advocacy campaigns.” The activities include:
Research and analysis of the impact of hate speech on peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, its effects on the mental health of youth, and its implications for security and equality.
Analysis of the presence of comments and content that can be characterized as hate speech in electronic media in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Workshops on recognizing hate speech, prevention, and addressing its consequences.
Workshops for representatives of electronic media on proposing initiatives and finding opportunities to reduce the spread of hate speech in the public media sphere.
Launching advocacy campaigns on the need to educate media and educational professionals, as well as youth, about the consequences and ways to prevent hate speech.
Educational workshops for school-age children on recognizing, preventing, and understanding the consequences of hate speech.
The project is supported by the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives – Bosnia and Herzegovina.
PUBLICATIONS DEVELOPED UNDER THIS PROJECT:
Analysis “Hate Speech in BiH: Exposing its Impact on the Mental Health of Youth, Security, and Equality in BH Society” explores how exposure to hate speech affects the mental health, socialization, and development of youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The emphasis is on a multidisciplinary approach to combating hate speech, including education, strengthening legal frameworks, technological innovations, changing social norms and values, and intersectoral collaboration. Our goal was to analyze the current situation by gathering opinions from citizens of all ages on this issue and to develop recommendations for public institutions and civil society organizations for more effective suppression of this phenomenon. You can view the analysis by clicking on the publication cover page.
ANALYSIS OF THE PRESENCE OF COMMENTS AND CONTENT IN ONLINE MEDIA IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA THAT CAN BE CHARACTERIZED AS HATE SPEECH.
Over a one-month period (15/11/2023 – 15/12/2023), the citizens’ association “Nešto Više” monitored user comments and headlines of web articles on 30 selected web portals in Bosnia and Herzegovina on a daily basis.
The web portals included in the analysis are: Poskok Info https://poskok.info/, HMS https://hms.ba/, Mostar Live https://mostar.live/, Oslobodjenje https://www.oslobodjenje.ba/, Banjalučke priče https://www.banjaluckeprice.net/, Srpska Info https://srpskainfo.com/, RTV BN https://www.rtvbn.com/, Info Bijeljina https://infobijeljina.com/, Banja Luka Net https://banjaluka.net/, Patriote Srpske https://patriotesrpske.com/, Pozitivna Srpska https://pozitivnasrpska.com/, Nezavisne https://www.nezavisne.com/, TV K3 Info https://tvk3.info/, Tuzlanski Portal https://tuzlanski.ba, DEPO https://depo.ba/, Klix https://www.klix.ba/, Dnevnik https://www.dnevnik.ba/, Dnevni Avaz https://www.avaz.ba/, Radio Sarajevo https://radiosarajevo.ba/, SOURCE https://source.ba/, STAV https://stav.ba/, BH Portal https://bhportal.ba/kategorije/vijesti/, Faktor https://faktor.ba/, Radio Slobodna Evropa https://www.slobodnaevropa.org/, Slobodna Bosna https://www.slobodna-bosna.ba/, Bosna Info https://bosnainfo.ba/, Balans https://balans.co.ba/, Sport BA https://sportsport.ba/, Hayat https://hayat.ba, Antimigrant https://antimigrant.ba/.
The publication “Recommendations for Media” includes conventions related to freedom of speech and proposals for preventing hate speech. With this publication, we aim to draw public attention to the problem of hate speech directed towards women, minorities, migrants, and other vulnerable groups.
It is primarily intended for media, educational, and public institutions. One part of the publication presents laws, conventions, and institutions to which we can turn for combating hate speech, while the other part contains recommendations.
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