Emina Dizdarević Tahmiščija, Author at Detektor

The Bosnian prosecution said former reservist policeman Mico Jurisic, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison for committing crimes against humanity against non-Serb civilians in the Prijedor area in 1992, deserved a tougher punishment.

The Bosnian prosecution appealed against the verdict acquitting former policemen Jadranko Saran, Samir Sabic and Zijad Kadic of war crimes against civilians and prisoners of war in Bosanska Krupa in 1995 and 1996. The Bosnian prosecution on Tuesday appealed against the first-instance verdict acquitting former policemen Jadranko Saran, Samir Sabic and Zijad Kadic of unlawfully detaining civilians, as well as murder and inhumane treatment at several detention facilities in Bosanska Krupa between September 1995 and July 1996.

Wartime Bosnian Serb fighter Radomir Susnjar was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his involvement in killing 26 Bosniak civilians, including a baby, in a house that was set on fire in Visegrad in 1992. The Bosnian state court in Sarajevo on Wednesday convicted Radomir Susnjar, alias Lalco, of involvement in wartime crimes in the Visegrad area in June 1992, including the murder of 26 civilians – one of them a two-day-old baby – who were locked inside a house that was then burned.

The state prosecution charged former Bosnian Serb Army soldiers Radovan Paprica and Slavko Ognjenovic with crimes including rape and sexual abuse in the Foca area during the war in 1992. The Bosnian prosecution on Thursday charged Radovan Paprica, alias Papro, and Slavko Ognjenovic, alias Macak, with committing crimes against humanity in Foca in eastern Bosnia in 1992 while they were members of the Bosnian Serb Army.

Enver Buza, the former commander of a Bosnian Army battalion, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for failing to discipline his subordinates for killing 27 Croat civilians in the village of Uzdol in 1993. The Bosnian state court in Sarajevo on Monday found Enver Buza, the former commander of the Bosnian Army’s Independent Prozor Battalion, guilty of contravening provisions of international humanitarian law on the protection of civilians during wartime, and sentenced him to 12 years in prison.

Sarajevo Canton lawmaker Damir Marjanovic has put forward legislation aimed at sanctioning hate speech in public in the Bosnian capital, where he said that people are currently being “insulted with impunity”.

Two people convicted of rape during the Bosnian war have voluntarily paid 15,400 euros in compensation to their victim - the first time that perpetrators of wartime sexual violence have done so in the country.

Police arrested former Bosnian Serb Army soldiers Radovan Paprica and Slavko Ognjenovic, who are suspected of committing multiple rape and sexual abuse in the Foca area in 1992. State Investigation and Protection Agency police arrested Radovan Paprica, also known as Papro, and Slavko Ognjenovic, alias Macak, on Sunday on charges of the multiple rape and sexual abuse of Bosniaks in the Foca area of eastern Bosnia in 1992.

After more than a year, the unidentified perpetrators who sent threats of death to the president of the Bosnian state court and other judicial officials have still not been prosecuted.

The UN court rejected a request for early release from former Bosnian Serb commander Radislav Krstic, who is serving a 35-year prison sentence for aiding the genocide of Bosniaks from Srebrenica.

Emina Dizdarević Tahmiščija

Bosnian Prosecutor Demands Tougher Punishment for Serb Policeman

War Crimes Acquittals of Bosnian Ex-Policemen Challenged

Bosnian Serb Fighter Convicted of Mass Killing in Visegrad

Bosnia Charges Serb Ex-Soldiers with Crimes Against Humanity

Bosnian Army Ex-Officer Convicted over Croat Civilians’ Killings

Sarajevo Politician Champions Legislation to Outlaw Hate Speech

Bosnian War Rape Convicts Compensate Victim for First Time

Bosnia Arrests Two Serb Ex-Soldiers for Multiple Rape

No Arrests Yet After Death Threats to Bosnian Judges

Bosnian Serb General Radislav Krstic Denied Early Release

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