Sunday, 16 February 2025.

Internet Governance Forum Identifies Alarming Trends and Offers Recommendations to Improve Cyber Space in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) remains one of the least equipped countries in the Western Balkans to fight cyberattacks. This was just one of the findings to emerge from the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), which was held in Sarajevo recently after a five-year hiatus. During the event, numerous conclusions were reached regarding internet management and human rights, cyber security, and ways to combat genocide denial, the glorification of war crimes, and hatred on the internet. These conclusions will be presented at a global forum in Japan.

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Bijeljina Teen Regrets Offensive Posts, but the Question of Hate on Social Media Remains

A minor from Bijeljina who posted videos on TikTok threatening his Bosniak neighbors has expressed regret for his actions. However, experts warn that his case highlights deeper problems in combating hate speech on social media.

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Bosnian Serb’s Conviction for Shooting Elderly Couple Quashed

Belgrade Appeals Court quashed the verdict convicting Danko Vladicic of killing an elderly couple in the Bosnian town of Brod na Drini during the war in 1992 and sent the case for a retrial.

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Banja Luka Attorney Represents Clients Despite Breach of Fiduciary Duty

Despite a 2021 conviction for breaching his fiduciary duty, Marinko Brkic continued to represent clients after the Republika Srpska Bar Association missed the deadline to remove him from the registry of attorneys. This has left several war crimes trials in a state of uncertainty, Detektor reveals.

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Bosnian Wartime Sexual Violence Victims Offer Help to Ukraine

Wartime rape survivors from Bosnia and Herzegovina say they are ready to help victims of sexual violence in the conflict in Ukraine by sharing their experiences of issues like coping with trauma, undergoing treatment and seeking justice.

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Bosnian Websites Try to Recover After ‘Intensive’ Hacker Attacks

In recent days, several news sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina come under attack from unknown hackers, making it difficult or impossible to access their pages and causing a fall in readership.

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Bosnia Issues 172 War Crimes Arrest Warrants as Fugitives Dodge Justice

Courts across the country have issued at least 172 warrants for the arrests of war crimes suspects, indictees and convicts who can’t be brought to justice because they are no longer in Bosnia and Herzegovina, BIRN has learned.

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Bosnia Upholds Serb Chetniks’ Hate Speech Convictions

The Bosnian court upheld the five-month prison sentences handed down to three members of a Serb nationalist Chetnik organisation who were convicted of inciting hatred at a rally in the town of Visegrad in 2019.

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Bosnia Arrests Ex-Soldier for War Crimes Against Sarajevo Serbs

State Investigation and Protection Agency officers arrested former Bosnian Army soldier Mustafa Gegaj for allegedly committing war crimes against Serb prisoners in Sarajevo in 1992.

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Milenko Gojgolovic’s Acquittal for Wartime Rape in Vlasenica Confirmed

The Supreme Court of Republika Srpska in a second-instance verdict confirmed the decision of the District Court in East Sarajevo, BIRN has learned.

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