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“When I first heard of the story of Nino Catic, who was persistent and stayed in Srebrenica until the very last moment, I wished to be at least half as brave as he was in my work,” she said.
“For several years, I have reported on war crimes and the genocide in Srebrenica, so I am extremely glad that my work at Detektor has been recognised in this way, especially on the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. I perceive this award as assuming responsibility to continue writing about the transitional justice topics in my future work,” she stated.
The jury, consisting of Marko Divkovic, Marinko Sekulic Kokeza, Sacir Filandra, Denis Latin, Sanjin Kodric and Andrej Nikolaidis, said it was a very important topic, praising “a journalistic job well done, calmly, with sufficient stance and sharpness of style.
“Praise goes for articles on the Detektor portal, primarily due to their investigative nature and for dealing with particularly important topics related to the Srebrenica genocide, genocide denial, without primarily being reduced to journalistic news only,” the jury added.
The awarded article approached the genocide topic in a less usual way and examined the violations of digital rights that deny that the Srebrenica genocide was committed.
In a piece published last July, Trepanic Hebib drew attention to children of those killed in the genocide, on whom denial leaves deep marks.
Besides Trepanic Hebib, who was awarded in the “Written Text” category, awards were also given to Nijaz Memic for a radio report, Haris Domazet for a television feature, Ivan Mandic for photography, and Aida Kaukovic in the “Blog” category.
Special awards were given to Ajsa Hafizovic-Hadzimesic and Kasim Softic, as well as posthumously to Denijal Smailbegovic, while appreciation letters were handed out to Srebrenica mothers Munira Subasic, Kada Hotic, Fadila Efendic and Nura Begovic, among others.
The “Nino Catic” award has been organised for the sixth year by the “Being a Journalist” Association on the initiative of Emina Hodzic and Dino Durmic.
Catic was a journalist from Srebrenica. In the war in Bosnia, he reported daily and informed the public about the suffering in his town. He last spoke live on July 10, 1995, and was last seen on July 11, 1995. His remains have never been found.
