Emina Dizdarević Tahmiščija, Author at Detektor

After striking a plea bargain and admitting guilt, Bosnian Serb ex-soldier Mico Jovicic was jailed for five years for his involvement in the abduction of 20 passengers from a train in Strpci in 1993. The Bosnian state court on Wednesday accepted the guilt admission agreement struck with the prosecution and convicted former Bosnian Serb soldier Mico Jovicic of involvement in the abductions at Strpci railway station, sentencing him to five years in prison.

Former Bosnian Serb Army serviceman Pero Radisic was sentenced to two years in prison for abusing two civilians in the Teslic area in 1994. The state court in Sarajevo on Wednesday found ex-soldier Pero Radisic guilty of committing crimes against the civilian population in the Teslic area during wartime.

The Bosnian court awarded Abduladhim Maktouf, an Iraqi fighter convicted of war crimes during the 1992-95 conflict, 36,600 euros in compensation because he was in jail for two years longer than his sentence.

The newly-elected mayor of the Bosnian town of Vares wants to remove a multi-ethnic monument to all victims of the 1992-95 war, saying that its construction did not follow legal requirements.

A new district court and prosecution should be established in Prijedor in Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska by the end of the year, giving victims cautious hope of faster war crimes prosecutions.

Former Bosnian Serb soldier Milenko Krsmanovic was acquitted of beating up a Bosniak civilian in the village of Pediste in the Sokolac municipality in July 1992. The District Court in Eastern Sarajevo on Tuesday acquitted Krsmanovic of war crimes against civilians.

Enver Buza, the former commander of a Bosnian Army battalion in Prozor, is accused of failing to punish servicemen who killed 27 Croat civilians during an attack in 1993. The Bosnian state court on Friday confirmed the indictment against Buza for crimes against civilians in the Prozor area in September 1993, when troops under his control killed 27 Croats in the village of Uzdol.

Eight former Bosnian Serb Army troops were acquitted of crimes against humanity including expulsions and murders in the Rogatica area in September 1992. The Bosnian state court on Tuesday acquitted former soldiers Radomir Markovic, Mile Kusic, Dragan Bozovic, Sasa Perkovic, Radomir Gluhovic, Pero Radovic, Ilija Vukasinovic and Milos Vukasinovic of crimes against humanity.

Former Bosnian Army soldier Enver Buza, charging him with crimes against civilians over an attack in the Prozor municipality in 1993 that left 27 Croat villagers dead.

The UN war crimes tribunal is in the final stage of negotiations to set up information centres in Sarajevo and Srebrenica where the Hague-based court’s archives will be kept.

Emina Dizdarević Tahmiščija

Bosnian Serb Soldier Jailed for Strpci Train Abductions

Bosnian Serb Soldier Jailed for Abusing Civilians

Bosnia Awards Iraqi War Crimes Convict €36,600

Multi-Ethnic Bosnian War Memorial Faces Removal

New Court in Bosnia’s Prijedor Offers Victims Hope

Bosnian Serb Soldier Acquitted of Sokolac Beating

Bosnian Army Commander Faces Prozor Crimes Trial

Eight Bosnian Serb Soldiers Cleared of Rogatica Crimes

Bosnian Army Ex-Soldier Indicted for Prozor Attack

Sarajevo, Srebrenica to Host Hague Tribunal Archives

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