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Criminalization of defamation in Republika Srpska and progressively more restrictive measures countrywide were reflected in a significantly lower ranking in the World Press Freedom Index. Roma and returnees from the Bosnian war continued to face widespread discrimination. Reception conditions for migrants and refugees improved. Genocide denial and glorification of convicted war criminals persisted.

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