18. December 2019.
Prosecutors in ex-Yugoslav countries are not doing enough to cooperate to ensure war crimes suspects are brought to trial, said Serge Brammertz, chief prosecutor at the UN court in The Hague.
Emina Dizdarević Tahmiščija
12. December 2019.
Nedim Ademovic, attorney of a Turkish citizen whose permanent residence in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been cancelled due to a threat to national security, said at a hearing held before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina today that he was unable to provide an adequate defence and presented evidence that Fatih Keskin resided in Bosnia and Herzegovina legally.
11. December 2019.
The case against Osman Osmanovic, who was arrested on entry into Serbia on November 23 this year on the basis of criminal charges, should be transferred to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, his chosen attorney Mirsad Crnovrsanin told the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network Bosnia and Herzegovina, BIRN BiH.
9. December 2019.
Over the course of this year the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina has filed eight indictments against 23 individuals for corrupt acts, while the State Court has passed down six verdicts, including five convictions, following guilt admission agreements - the data collected by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network Bosnia and Herzegovina, BIRN BiH, suggest.
9. December 2019.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina has filed an indictment against seven former members of the Bosnian Serb Army, VRS, who are suspected of persecution and murder of at least 48 Bosniaks committed in the village of Jusici, near Zvornik, during 1992.
The defendants include Pero Radic, also known as Jarac [he-goat], Bozo Vidovic, Petko Tomic, alias Gavran and Crni Gavran [raven and black raven], Branko Studen, Dusan Spasojevic, known as Sifra [passcode], Vlado Ristanovic, alias Tosanov, and Milan Mijic, also known as Miso.
6. December 2019.
Authorities in the former Yugoslavia have focused on prosecuting conflict-related sexual violence while underlying issues of gender inequality have been ignored, says a new report by the Impunity Watch NGO.
5. December 2019.
Sensationalist media reporting about terrorism and violent extremism in Bosnia and Herzegovina exaggerates the phenomenon, spreading fear while distorting public understanding of a complex issue.
2. December 2019.
The presidency urged state institutions to work faster to ensure the safe return of Bosnian women and children who were formerly living in Islamic State-controlled territory and are now in camps in Syria and Iraq.
2. December 2019.
Bosnia’s State Investigation and Protection Agency arrested former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Sabahudin Kajdic for seizing and killing Bosniak civilians in the Prijedor area in July 1992.
State Investigation and Protection Agency, SIPA police officers on Monday arrested ex-serviceman Sabahudin Kajdic, alias Sasa, for allegedly committing a crime against humanity in July 1992.
12. November 2019.
Police in Trebinje in Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity Republika Srpska filed a criminal complaint against two wartime Bosniak military commanders, accusing them of persecuting Serbs and Croats during wartime.
Sva prava zadržana BIRN BiH.