''Slobodna Bosna'' (; English: ''Free Bosnia'') was an investigative weekly news magazine based in

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. It was established in August 1995 as a print edition and in 2000 an online edition started to exist. The print edition was abolished in December 2015 and ''Slobodna Bosna'' now operates only as an

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Before transferring to online space, Slobodna Bosna was one of the loudest and articulate critics of political figures, criminals and corruption in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The magazine's frequent investigations of corruption have led politicians to sue the editor-in-chief Senad Avdić. On 23 June 1999, Sarajevo Municipal Court sentenced Avdić to a two-month suspended jail term on charges of criminal libel. This led to the

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to condemn the conviction and sentencing of Senad Avdić on criminal libel charges as a violation of all international norms of

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. Before the changes in leadership of the rivalry magazine '' Dani'' and the transition of ''Slobodna Bosna'' to online space, these two magazines were seen as two most competent journalistic investigative hubs in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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