The Center for Responsible Democracy-Luna, a Coalition member, is leading the campaign on behalf of Tuzla Kvarc, a small family-run mining company that has suffered persistent retaliation since uncovering a government bribery scheme in April 2015. Rather than being thanked for their efforts, the company and its director, Smail Velagic, have faced numerous penalties and sanctions.

Velagic and Tuzla Kvarc were criminally charged with mining quartz sand without a license, a spurious allegation based on highly disputed facts. Tax authorities have seized some of the company’s property, its bank account was frozen, and unknown perpetrators demolished a company office to smithereens in October 2015. (See: “The Price of Justice” on homepage.)

The Coalition has marshalled more than 12,000 people around the world to send e-mails demanding that Bosnian officials cease the retaliation. Join the campaign here!