Džana Brkanić, Author at Detektor

In the second of two reports on the education system in Bosnia, where children are taught differently according to ethnicity, experts argue that segregated schooling is a way of keeping people divided. Three different curriculums – Croatian, Serbian and Bosnian – are taught in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s schools in parallel. There are no joint textbooks, […]

Former Bosnian Serb military leader, Ratko Mladic’s defence has appealed The Hague Tribunal decision not to grant him temporary release for medical treatment in Russia.

Wartime prisoners marked the Day of Camp Inmates by gathering at former detention centres to commemorate those who died and to demand better treatment for those who survived.

Nine former Bosnian Serb soldiers and policemen went on trial for a series of charges related to the capture, abuse and murder of scores of Bosniak civilians near Prijedor in 1992. Slobodan Taranjac, Miodrag Glusac, Ranko Babic, Ranko Dosenovic, Marinko Prastalo, Rade Zekanovic, Zdravko Panic, Trivo Vukic and Milan Vukic went on trial on Monday at the state court in Sarajevo, accused of participating in a joint criminal enterprise in the Prijedor area from July 27 to 30, 1992.

The Bosnian Justice Ministry is awaiting the extradition of nine people wanted for trial on war crimes charges from the United States, Russia, Switzerland, France, Serbia, Brazil and Australia.

Former Bosnian Serb Army officer Ostoja Stanisic was sentenced to 11 years in prison for assisting the genocide of Bosniaks from Srebrenica in July 1995, but his deputy was acquitted.

Former Bosnian Serb Army serviceman Sasa Curguz was jailed for 15 years for his involvement in the murders of at least 11 Bosniak prisoners in the Bihac municipality in 1992. The Bosnian state court in Sarajevo on Thursday convicted Sasa Curguz of participating in the murders of at least 11 prisoners from the village of Ripac in the Bihac municipality, and of inhumanely treatment Bosniak detainees.

Former Bosnian Serb soldier Milos Krsmanovic was indicted for torturing and physically abusing Bosniak civilian detainees in the Rogatica area in 1992 and 1993. The Bosnian state prosecution filed a war crimes indictment on Monday alleging that Milos Krsmanovic tortured, physically abused and humiliated Bosniak civilians who were held at the Rasadnik detention camp and at other locations in Rogatica.

Former Bosnian Army serviceman Emir Drakovac was sentenced to 14 years in prison for participating in the murder and mutilation of a civilian and the torture of a Serb soldier in 1992. The state court in Sarajevo on Tuesday sentenced Emir Drakovac to a total of 14 years in prison for committing crimes including murder and torture in the village of Vratsalici in the Rogatica municipality and Zebina Suma in the Foca municipality in 1992.

Former Croatian Defence Council fighter Almaz Nezirovic was sentenced to two years in prison for war crimes against Serb civilians who were abused in a detention camp in Derventa in 1992. The Bosnian state court on Thursday found Almaz Nezirovic guilty of the inhumane treatment of 22 Serb civilians detained at the Rabic detention camp in Derventa from the end of April 1992 to the end of June.

Džana Brkanić

Bosnia’s Segregated Schooling Entrenches Wartime Divisions

Mladic Appeals ICTY Denial of Temporary Release

Bosnian Ex-Prisoners Commemorate Wartime Camp Victims

Bosnia Tries Nine Serbs for Capturing, Killing Bosniaks

Bosnia Awaits Extradition of Nine War Crimes Suspects

Bosnian Serb Officer Convicted of Srebrenica Genocide

Bosnian Serb Soldier Jailed for Killing Bosniaks in Bihac

Bosnian Serb Soldier Indicted for Rogatica Torture

Bosnian Soldier Jailed for Murder, Torture, Mutilation

Bosnia Jails Fighter for Abusing Serb Prisoners

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