Friday, 4 april 2025.
Bosnia, Serbia Unlikely to Copy Belgium’s Genocide Denial Law
The Belgian government has announced plans to criminalise denial of the Srebrenica genocide, but similar legislation is not likely to find political support in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the massacres...
Sickness Delays Justice in Bosnian War Crimes Trials
Trials in Bosnia of several major defendants are being postponed almost indefinitely because one or other defendant is ill – raising questions about why the cases are not being separated.
Bosnia Prosecution Announces Probe Into Security Minister
The Bosnian Prosecution on Friday said it was probing suspicions that Security Minister Dragan Mektic had misused his office – which Mektic has attributed to the fact that he has...
Bosnian Camp Guard Jailed for Abusing Wartime Prisoner
The Bosnian court upheld the two-year jail sentence given to former Croatian Defence Forces member Tonco Rajic for mistreating a civilian prisoner at the Dretelj detention camp near Capljina in...
Bosnian Croat Commander Acquitted of Crimes Against Prisoners
Former Croatian Defence Council battalion commander Mile Puljic was acquitted on appeal of committing crimes against humanity by allowing the abuse of prisoners in the Mostar area in 1993 and...
Karadzic Verdict Will Reinforce Ethnic Divisions, Analysts Predict
Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik claims the final verdict in Radovan Karadzic’s trial will be unfair, while Bosniak war victims’ groups want a tougher sentence - suggesting that the ruling...
Investigators File Voting Fraud Charges in Bosnia
Bosnia's state Investigation agency has accused nine people of committing election fraud in the general elections in October 2018 in the Brcko area, BIRN Bosnia can reveal.
Bosnia Plans Captured ISIS Fighters’ Return from Syria
The Sarajevo authorities have begun talks about checking the identities of captured Islamic State fighters, their wives and children before they can be sent back from Syria to Bosnia and...
Sarajevo Marks 25th Anniversary of Deadly Market Shelling
Relatives of the 68 people killed in February 1994 when Bosnian Serb forces shelled Sarajevo’s Markale marketplace commemorated their deaths in the Bosnian capital.