This widespread campaign of harassment has also been aimed on an individual level at soldiers, the police and businesspeople. Soldiers are either called or visited at home. The OHR cannot give names or allude to individual cases because these Bosnian and Herzegovinian Croats fear for their lives and the lives of their families.
Businesspeople are also under threat.
At the weekend, Mr Jerko Ivankovic, a member of the BiH House of Peoples as well as the joint owner of the Lijanovici meat factory, said the threats have only got worse since the bomb attack, telling the media at the weekend that he and his family have been threatened with death if he doesn't leave the State parliament. The businessman refused. This kind of activity has nothing to do with Croat rights and has everything to do with a small bunch of extremists who have to rely on fear to get their way. These are a group of people who themselves fear the rule of law, which is getting stronger day by day in Bosnia and Herzegovina. These are important questions to ask because the current government in Zagreb has made clear that it will not finance illegal parallel institutions.