Friday, 4 april 2025.
Serbia Sent Refugees from Croatia, Bosnia to Frontlines: Report
A new report by the Belgrade-based Humanitarian Law Centre said thousands of Serb refugees during the 1990s wars in Croatia and Bosnia were arrested in Serbia, taken back to the...
Serbian Security Chief Jovica Stanisic’s Release Extended
The UN court has extended Jovica Stanisic’s provisional release from custody in The Hague until April 2020 because the former Serbian Security Service chief, who is on trial for war...
Protesters Rally in New York for Balkan War Rape Victims
US Albanians, Bosnians and Croats rallied outside the Serbian consulate in New York City to demand that perpetrators of sexual violence during the 1990s Balkan wars be brought to justice.
Unsafe Haven: Balkans Sees Rise in Turkish Asylum Requests
Hundreds of Turkish citizens have applied for asylum in the countries of the Balkans since a failed 2016 coup, seeking protection from a crackdown being waged well beyond the borders...
‘Sniper Alley’ Site Preserves Pictorial Memory of Sarajevo Siege
The Sniper Alley website aims to create a photographic archive as a permanent record of besieged wartime Sarajevo, enable Bosnians to access images from the period – and help its...
Serbian Court Convicts Bosnian Serb of Wartime Assault
A court in Belgrade jailed former Bosnian Serb fighter Zeljko Budimir for two years for assaulting and robbing a Bosniak civilian in Bosnia’s Kljuc municipality during wartime in November 1992....
Serbia Convicts ‘Red Berets’ Fighter of Wartime Rape
A Belgrade court sentenced Nikola Vida Lujic, a former member of Serbian State Security’s notorious Special Operations Unit, to eight years in prison for raping a woman in Brcko in...
BIRN Offers Transitional Justice Reporting Training for Journalists
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network is inviting journalists to apply to attend a three-day training course on reporting about war crimes trials and other transitional justice topics.