Džaferović: Free media have crucial importance for the functioning of a democratic society

(Patria) - Member of the BiH Presidency Šefik Džaferović sent a congratulatory message to journalists and journalist associations on the occasion of the International Day of Press Freedom. Free media have crucial importance for the functioning of a democratic society.

"Independent and responsible informing of the public must have full social support and be free from all restrictions except those imposed by ethical and professional principles.

According to the latest report by the eminent organization 'Reporters Without Borders' on the state of media freedoms, Bosnia and Herzegovina is ahead of all neighboring countries, as well as ahead of some
European Union member states. We should be proud of this fact, and it should serve as a motivation to further build and develop a democratic environment, with the aim of raising standards in all parts of BiH, for the benefit of the state and all citizens," Džaferović stated.