26. January 2022.
The investigation of the murder of six men near the town of Velika Kladusa in 1994 has been bounced around between prosecutor’s offices for the past 17 years – and no one has yet been indicted.
Albina Sorguč
22. April 2021.
A newly-painted mural of Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic and a gun attack on the local mosque have scared Bosniaks who returned to the town of Foca after fleeing because of wartime atrocities in the 1990s.
22. April 2021.
Serbia granted citizenship to Bosnian Serb war crimes defendant Mirko Vrucinic two months before he absconded from Bosnia and Herzegovina and failed to appear in court for closing arguments in his trial.
21. April 2021.
A report funded by the government of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity claims Serbs were subjected to ethnic cleansing in wartime Sarajevo, but its allegations differ from facts established by courts about crimes during the siege.
1. April 2021.
Veljko Papic, a former officer of the Bosnian Serb Army’s Sarajevo-Romanija Corps, was jailed for two years for crimes against civilians who were forced to do hard labour on the front lines in Sarajevo in 1993 and 1994.
11. March 2021.
The state prosecution said it is expecting court documents to arrive from Turkey about Begzad Spahic, who is suspected of joining the so-called Islamic State, to see whether he has already been convicted of the same offence.
8. March 2021.
Emir Alisic, who was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison after admitting to organising a terrorist group in Syria, is appealing against having to pay court costs in his trial at the Bosnian state court.
26. February 2021.
Interpol has issued a ‘red notice’ asking for states worldwide to arrest Mladen Mitrovic, who is suspected of committing crimes against humanity against non-Serbs in the Prijedor area of Bosnia during wartime.
25. February 2021.
The state court confirmed the indictment of wartime Bosnian Serb Army officers Radomir Nedic and Ratko Djurkovic for crimes against humanity after the prosecution brought new evidence to support charges claiming they persecuted Bosniak civilians.
18. February 2021.
The Constitutional Court rejected an appeal from Bosnian Serb ex-soldier Zdravko Lubarda against his conviction for committing crimes against humanity by persecuting Bosniaks in the Rogatica area during wartime.
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