Monday, 31 march 2025.
After 17 Years of Investigation, No Charges Yet in Bosnian War Case
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...
Homage to Ratko Mladic Provokes Fear in Bosnian Town
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...
Serbia Gives Citizenship to Fugitive War Crimes Defendant
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...
BIRN Fact-Check: Is the Bosnian Serb Report on the Sarajevo Siege Accurate?
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...
Bosnian Serb Officer Convicted of Abusing Civilians in Besieged Sarajevo
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...
Bosnian Prosecutor Seeks Turkish Verdict on Islamic State Suspect
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...
Convicted Syria Fighter Asks for Trial Costs Exemption
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...
Interpol Urges Arrest of Bosnian War Detention Camp Guard
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...
Bosnian Serb Ex-Officers Face Crimes Against Humanity Trial
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...