Saopštenja i najave

Javna tribina – “Korupcija u BiH”

Izvještaji za Medije ● 17 Novembra 2006

Tribina će se održati u prostorijama Nansen Dialogue Centre, u Mostaru.

Uvodničar ove tribine je Srđan Blagovčanin, iz nevladine organizacije za borbu protiv korupcije Transparency International Bosna i Hercegovina.

Sud BiH odredio pritvor predsjedniku HDZ-a i bivšem članu Predsjedništva BiH Draganu Čoviću

Izvještaji za Medije ● 17 Novembra 2006

Čović je na pet godina zatvora osuđen zbog zloupotrebe položaja ministra finansija Federacije BiH 2000. godine.

Čović kao i svi ostali optuženi, bivši predsjednik Ustavnog suda BiH Mato Tadić, Jozo, Jerko, Mladen i Slavo Ivanković Lijanović te Zdravko Lučić oslobođeni su svih drugih tačaka optužnice, uključujući organizovani kriminal i utaju poreza.

Transparency International honours an anti-corruption hero who took on president

Izvještaji za Medije ● 15 Novembra 2006

This year’s winner, Dr. Ana Cecilia Magallanes Cortez, is one of the most respected prosecutors in Peru and the leading force in the prosecution of approximately 1,500 members of the criminal network headed by Vladimiro Montesinos. Dr. Magallanes’s efforts led to the arrest of -among others- the former President of the Republic Alberto Fujimori, generals, Supreme Court justices, judges and media magnates and helped initiate the recovery of US $250 million.

“Fighting corruption sometimes means challenging enormous powers and Dr. Magallanes has risen above that challenge to show us that corruption can be beat. Her fearless dedication is an inspiration to those fighting corruption all over the world,” said Sion Assidon, Chair of the TI Integrity Awards Committee.

Proetica, TI’s chapter in Peru which nominated the winner, stated that Dr. Magallanes’s investigations brought her up against a government that used forced disappearances and murder to quell dissidents. Proetica is proud of this recognition of her work, done at the risk of her life and considers Dr. Magallanes an example of integrity, courage and professionalism who serves as an inspiration for millions of Peruvians.

Now in its fifth year, the Integrity Awards have honoured anti-corruption fighters from Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. Past winners include journalists, public prosecutors, accountants, government officials and members of the military along with leaders of civil society.

The TI Integrity Awards Committee consists of 13 individuals from across the world that have been active in the anti-corruption movement for many years. They serve as the jury for the awards and confer with the TI Board of Directors. Nominations are accepted for individuals and organisations and are subject to independent vetting under the guidance of the Integrity Awards Committee.

The 2006 Integrity Awards winner will be honoured before an expected audience of over 1,000 anti-corruption practitioners, politicians and leaders from around the world, at the International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) in Guatemala on 15 November 2006.

Nagrada Intergiteta Transparency International za 2006. godinu

Izvještaji za Medije ● 15 Novembra 2006

Ovogodišnji laureat nagrade integriteta se dokazala predanim radom i procesuiranjem preko 1.500 članova kriminalnog miljea pod vođstvom Vladimiroa Montezinosa. Takođe, predanošću i zalaganjem je dovela do hapšenja peruanskog predsjednika Alberta Fudimorija, a njemu lojalne generale i sudije dovela pred sud da bi nakon procesa bili prinuđeni platiti visoke novčane kazne od preko 250 miliona američkih dolara.

Ana Sesilija Magaljanes Kortez je nominovana od strane peruanske nevladine organizacije “Proetica” koja je ujedno i ogranak TI u Peruu, a odluku je donijela komisija od 13 članova pokreta za borbu protiv korupcije iz cijelog svijeta.

Globalni Indeks percepcije korupcije

Izvještaji za Medije ● 06 Novembra 2006

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Dokumenti

CPI 2006 Regionalni rezultati: Istočna Evropa i Centralna Azija
Izvještaj za medije
CPI 2006 Tabela rezultata
CPI 2006 Mapa Svijeta
Press izvjestaj 06-11-2006

The 2006 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)

Izvještaji za Medije ● 06 Novembra 2006

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Documents

Press release – 2006 Corruption Perceptions Index
CPI 2006 Regional Results: Eastern Europe and Central Asia
CPI 2006 World Map
CPI 2006 Press release
CPI 2006 Results Poster

Prezentacija Globalnog Indeksa percepcije korupcije 2006 – CPI

Izvještaji za Medije ● 01 Novembra 2006

Prezentacija Indexa biće održana istovremeno u svim zemljama obuhvaćenim istraživanjem.

Prezentacija za Bosnu i Hercegovinu će se održati, 06.11.2006. godine s početkom u 10:00 sati, u TANJUG Međunarodnom press centru, Ulica Vuka Karadžića 6/II, Banjaluka.

Bivši premijer Italije Silvio Berluskoni i britanski advokat Dejvid Mils pred sudom po optužnici za korupciju

Izvještaji za Medije ● 31 Oktobra 2006

Prema istrazi, Berluskonijeva kompanija Fininvest je tu sumu uplatila na račun otvoren na Milsovo ime.

Prema istrazi, Berluskonijeva kompanija Fininvest je tu sumu uplatila na račun otvoren na Milsovo ime.

Jučerašnjom odlukom suda u Milanu ozvaničena je optužnica protiv Berluskonija i Milsa za korupciju. Sudija Fabio Paparella je odluku o suđenja donio na osnovu preliminarnih saslušanja koja su počela ranije ove godine i pošto je odbijen zahtjev odbrane za njegovo izuzeće.

Berluskoni i Mils bi, ako budu proglašeni krivim, mogli da budu osuđeni na kaznu od tri do osam godina zatvora. Obojica su odbacila optužbe, a Berluskonijeva stranka Forza Italia je ocijenila da je to novi nizak udarac Berluskoniju i da to nema nikakave veze s pravdom, već ss politikom.

Nakon pet godina na vlasti, Berluskoni je na parlamentanrim izborima u aprilu ove godine izgubio od sadašnjeg premijera Romana Prodija.

Izvor: Beta

Interagency Coordination – The International Group for Anti-Corruption Coordination

Izvještaji za Medije ● 31 Oktobra 2006

The International Group for Anti-Corruption Coordination is dedicated to strengthening international anti-corruption coordination and collaboration in order to avoid undue duplication and to ensure effective and efficient use of existing resources, using systems already in place at the regional and national level.

The Group will seek to reach out and collaborate with other existing anti-corruption coordination bodies and networks.

It provides a platform for exchange of views, information, experiences and; best practice; on anti-corruption activities for the purpose of enhancing the impact of these activities, including support for the UN Convention against Corruption.

It is uniquely composed of organizations, including NGO's, active internationally in anti-corruption policy, advocacy and enforcement. Members shall actively participate in, and support, the work of the Group. New members can be nominated for inclusion to the Group by advising the Secretariat, who shall review such applications.

The Chairperson and the Secretariat (ODC, OIOS) manage and support the work of IGAC and identify the theme for each meeting, including the selection of appropriate speakers. Members may suggest thematic ideas to the Secretariat for their review.

The Group will select a Chairperson, who will serve a two year term. The Chairperson will oversee the activities of the Group, including the Secretariat, and the organization and conduct of two meetings per year. The Secretariat will also identify funding sources for the activities of the Group where necessary.

The Chairperson will serve as a Spokesperson for the Group at public fora and direct efforts to publicise and advocate the work of the Group.

The IGAC Secretariat is also responsible, with the Chairperson, for the development and maintenance of an electronic database and website on international anti-corruption activities.

The Chairperson will report on the activities of IGAC at each meeting for review and comment by the Group, including any proposed amendments to the Terms of Reference.

The British tax lawyer David Mills is to stand trial charged with corruption alongside ex-Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi, a Milan judge has ruled

Izvještaji za Medije ● 31 Oktobra 2006

The judge said enough evidence existed for a trial to go ahead over a £325,000 payment to Mr Mills, allegedly paid in exchange for favourable court evidence. Mr Mills and Mr Berlusconi were already facing trial next month on tax evasion and embezzlement charges in Italy.

Mr Mills, separated husband of british minister Tessa Jowell, denies all the charges. The trial is due to begin in March next year.

Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said Ms Jowell would not be “destabilised” by the judge's decision. The prime minister's official spokesman refused to be drawn on the case, saying Mr Mills was a “private individual”.

Source: Beta

Poziv medijima

Izvještaji za Medije ● 24 Oktobra 2006

Bosna i Herzegovina na 19. mjestu u svijetu po slobodi medija

Izvještaji za Medije ● 24 Oktobra 2006

Mediji su prošle godine najslobodnije djelovali u Finskoj, Islandu, Irskoj i Holandiji, koje dijele prvo mjesto u godišnjem izvještaju za 2006. o slobodi medija u svijetu što ga u utorak objavljuju Reporteri bez granica, a Bosna i Herzegovina se nalazi na 19. mjesu po slobodi medija, zajedno sa Danskom, Novim Zelandom i Trinidadom i Tobagom. Susjedne zemlje, Srbija i Hrvatska se nalaze na 45. odnosno 53. mjestu.

U izveštaju se navodi da se ništa nije promijenilo u državama u kojima se najviše krši sloboda štampe, pa tako novinari u Sjevernoj Koreji, Eritreji, Turkemistanu, Kubi, Burmi i Kini još rizikuju živote ili zatvaranje pokušavajući da dođu do informacija i da ih prenesu javnosti.

Obavljanje svoga posla životom su platila 63 novinara i pet njihovih pomoćnika u 2005. godini, najsmrtonosnijoj za medijsku profesiju nakon 1995. godine u kojoj su alžirski fundamentalisti ubijali sve one koji ih nisu podržavali. RSF, koji brani zatvorene novinare i slobodu izražavanja u svijetu u izvještaju za 2006. godinu navodi da je tokom 2005. zabilježeno 1,300 tjelesnih napada na novinare a do 27. februara 2006. godine u zatvoru je bilo 119 novinara i 57 cyber-disidenata samo zato jer su željeli izvještavati javnost, piše RSF.

U pravljenju liste država prema kriterijumu poštovanja slobode medija učestvovalo je 130 novinara, dopisnika, pravnih stručnjaka i aktivista za ljudska prava organizacije RSF. Prema rang-listi te organizacije, SAD su 2002. bile na 17. mestu, a značajan pad na listi, na 53. mjesto, objašnjava se time što sadašnja administracija SAD koristi nacionalnu bezbednost kao izgovor za novinare koji se kritički bave borbom protiv terorizma. Drugi eklatantan primjer u vezi sa SAD je sudanski snimatelj Sami al-Haj iz tv kuće Al Jazeere, koji je zatočen u logoru Guantanamo bez podizanja optužnice.

Ozbiljne prijetnje slobodi medija ne popuštaju na Balkanu i ostatku istočne Evrope a zakoni u Hrvatskoj, te Rumuniji i Bugarskoj (koje će se pridružiti EU 2007.) ispod su evropskih standarda, piše RSF.

Veliki pad doživjela je Danska koja je s prvog pala na 19. mjesto nakon što su novine objavile karikature islamskog proroka Muhameda i u muslimanskom svijetu potaknule nasilne prosvjede. Japan je pao za 14 mjesta (zauzeo 51.) zbog rastućeg nacionalizma.

U Iraku praksa otimanja novinara ne pokazuje znakove jenjavanja i svaka sedmica donosi nove otmice, stoji u izvještaju RSF, i donosi popis neprijatelja slobode medija na kojem visoko mjesto zauzimaju iranski predsjednik Mahmud Ahmadinedžad, zimbabveanski predsjednik Robert Mugabe i nepalski kralj Gyandendra. Prema istom izvještaju, predsjednik Sjeverne Koreje Kim Džong Il nastavlja da u potpunosti kontroliše medije u svojoj državi.

Među evropskim državama, najlošije su kotirane one nastale raspadom SSSR-a, dok je položaj novinara u Rusiji težak, što potvrđuje i nedavno ubistvo novinarke Ane Politkovskaje.

Reporters Without Borders Worldwide Press Freedom Index

Izvještaji za Medije ● 24 Oktobra 2006

New countries have moved ahead of some Western democracies in the fifth annual Reporters Without Borders Worldwide Press Freedom Index, issued today, while the most repressive countries are still the same ones.

“Unfortunately nothing has changed in the countries that are the worst predators of press freedom,” the organisation said, “and journalists in North Korea, Eritrea, Turkmenistan, Cuba, Burma and China are still risking their life or imprisonment for trying to keep us informed. These situations are extremely serious and it is urgent that leaders of these countries accept criticism and stop routinely cracking down on the media so harshly.

"Each year new countries in less-developed parts of the world move up the Index to positions above some European countries or the United States. This is good news and shows once again that, even though very poor, countries can be very observant of freedom of expression. Meanwhile the steady erosion of press freedom in the United States, France and Japan is extremely alarming,” Reporters Without Borders said.

Reporters Without Borders compiled the Index by asking the 14 freedom of expression organisations that are its partners worldwide, its network of 130 correspondents, as well as journalists, researchers, jurists and human rights activists, to answer 50 questions about press freedom in their countries. The Index covers 168 nations. Others were not included for lack of data about them.

The three worst violators of free expression – North Korea, bottom of the Index at 168th place, Turkmenistan (167th) and Eritrea (166th) – have clamped down further. The torture death of Turkmenistan journalist Ogulsapar Muradova shows that the country’s leader, “President-for-Life” Separmurad Nyazov, is willing to use extreme violence against those who dare to criticise him. Reporters Without Borders is also extremely concerned about a number of Eritrean journalists who have been imprisoned in secret for more than five years. The all-powerful North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, also continues to totally control the media.

Northern European countries once again come top of the Index, with no recorded censorship, threats, intimidation or physical reprisals in Finland, Ireland, Iceland and the Netherlands, which all share first place.

The United States (53rd) has fallen nine places since last year, after being in 17th position in the first year of the Index, in 2002. Relations between the media and the Bush administration sharply deteriorated after the president used the pretext of “national security” to regard as suspicious any journalist who questioned his “war on terrorism.” The zeal of federal courts which, unlike those in 33 US states, refuse to recognise the media’s right not to reveal its sources, even threatens journalists whose investigations have no connection at all with terrorism.

Freelance journalist and blogger Josh Wolf was imprisoned when he refused to hand over his video archives. Sudanese cameraman Sami al-Haj, who works for the pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera, has been held without trial since June 2002 at the US military base at Guantanamo, and Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein has been held by US authorities in Iraq since April this year.

France (35th) slipped five places during the past year, to make a loss of 24 places in five years. The increase in searches of media offices and journalists’ homes is very worrying for media organisations and trade unions. Autumn 2005 was an especially bad time for French journalists, several of whom were physically attacked or threatened during a trade union dispute involving privatisation of the Corsican firm SNCM and during violent demonstrations in French city suburbs in November.

Rising nationalism and the system of exclusive press clubs (kishas) threatened democratic gains in Japan, which fell 14 places to 51st. The newspaper Nihon Keizai was firebombed and several journalists phsyically attacked by far-right activists (uyoku).

Denmark (19th) dropped from joint first place because of serious threats against the authors of the Mohammed cartoons published there in autumn 2005. For the first time in recent years in a country that is very observant of civil liberties, journalists had to have police protection due to threats against them because of their work.

Yemen (149th) slipped four places, mainly because of the arrest of several journalists and closure of newspapers that reprinted the cartoons. Journalists were harassed for the same reason in Algeria (126th), Jordan (109th), Indonesia (103rd) and India (105th).

But except for Yemen and Saudi Arabia (161st), all the Arab peninsula countries considerably improved their rank. Kuwait (73rd) kept its place at the top of the group, just ahead of the United Arab Emirates (77th) and Qatar (80th).

Two countries moved into the Index’s top 20 for the first time. Bolivia (16th) was best-placed among less-developed countries and during the year its journalists enjoyed the same level of freedom as colleagues in Canada or Austria. Bosnia-Herzegovina (19th) continued its gradual rise up the Index since the end of the war in ex-Yugoslavia and is now placed above its European Union member-state neighbours Greece (32nd) and Italy (40th).

Things are much the same in Sri Lanka, which ranked 51st in 2002, when there was peace, but has now sunk to 141st because fighting between government and rebel forces has resumed in earnest. Dozens of Tamil journalists have been physically attacked after being accused by one side or the other of being biased against them.

Press freedom in Nepal (159th) has shifted according to the state of the fighting that has disrupted the country for several years. The “democatic revolution” and the revolt against the monarchy in April this year led immediately to more basic freedoms and the country should gain a lot of ground in next year’s Index.

The ranking:

Mediji i vlast – (zlo)upotreba medija

Izvještaji za Medije ● 15 Oktobra 2006

Uvodničari debate bili su:
Dunja Mijatović, Regulatorna agencija za komunikacije,
Boro Kontić, Upravni odbor Udruženja BH Novinari,
Srđan Blagovčanin, Transparency International BiH i
Drago Hedl, novinar Feral tribune Split.

Uvodna izlaganja su pokazala da odnos vlasti i medija ima čitav niz zajedničkih karekteristika kada su u pitanju zemlje regiona. Direktni politički uticaji i kontrola medija u velikoj mjeri je zamijenjena ekonomskim uticajima. Ali veliko prisustvo države u privredi omogućava Vladama posrednu kontrolu medija kroz kontrolisanje izvora oglašavanja.

Diskusija prisutnih novinara odnosila se na potrebu boljeg organizovanja kroz strukovna udruženja, a s ciljem zaštite digniteta profesije i prava novinara.

Korištenje prava na slobodan pristup informacijama kao antikorupcionog alata

Izvještaji za Medije ● 10 Oktobra 2006

Pitanje od posebne važnosti za antikorupcione aktiviste je da li će ubrzano donošenje novih zakona o slobodi pristupu informacijama poslužiti kao alat za dobijanje informacija od koristi za borbu protiv korupcije; Ili će ovi novi zakoni o transparentnosti barem donekle ograničiti mogućnosti loše uprave i smanjiti odliv javnih fondova omogućavanjem javnog praćenja budžeta i administrativnog odlučivanja?

Dokumenti

Korištenje prava na slobodan pristup informacijama kao antikorupcionog alata

Using the Right to Information as an Anti-Corruption Tool

Izvještaji za Medije ● 10 Oktobra 2006

A crucial question for anti-corruption activists is whether the rash of new access to information laws will serve as tools for obtaining information of use in fighting corruption. Or will these new transparency laws at least narrow the range of opportunities for the mismanagement and diversion of public funds by permitting public scrutiny of the budgets and administrative decision-making?

Documents

Using the Right to Information as Anti-Corruption Tool