Saturday, 5 april 2025.
Bosnia Jails Serb Ex-Officer for Aiding Srebrenica Genocide
Wartime Bosnian Serb Army battalion commander Srecko Acimovic was convicted of assisting the genocide of Bosniaks from Srebrenica in July 1995 and sentenced to seven years in prison.
Ratko Mladic’s Health Deteriorating, His Lawyers Claim
As the former Bosnian Serb military chief, who was convicted of genocide and other wartime crimes by the UN court in June, awaits transfer to prison to serve his life...
Bosnia Charges Serb Ex-Policemen with Wartime Murders, Rapes
Bosnian prosecutors charged three ex-policemen with murders, sexual abuse and rapes in the Brcko area in 1992, including Ranko Cesic, who has already been convicted of other wartime crimes by...
Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier Jailed for Murdering Two Bosniaks
Former Bosnian Serb soldier Bozidar Perisic was sentenced to ten years in prison for killing two Bosniak men in a village near Rogatica during the war in 1992.
Hague Tribunal Leaves Uncertain Legacy as Last Trial Nears End
Ahead of the initial verdict in the last trial at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal, BIRN looks back on the landmark judgments, controversies, successes and failures in the UN court’s...
Bosnian Army Battalion Commander Jailed over Killings of Croats
Enver Buza, wartime acting commander of the Bosnian Army’s Prozor Independent Battalion, was sentenced to eight years in prison for failing to discipline his subordinates for killing 27 Croat civilians...
UN Court Dismisses Karadzic’s Objections to UK Jailing: Lawyer
Former Bosnian Serb Radovan Karadzic’s objections to serving his sentence in a Britain prison, where he claims he could be attacked by Muslim extremists, have been rejected by the Hague...
TV Justice Magazine I 125: Are former Serbian officials guilty of war crimes in BiH and Croatia?
The case against Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic, former heads of Serbia's State Security Service who are charged with, among other things, the murders of six Srebrenica residents in Trnovo...
Bosnian Serb Ex-Policeman Loses Crimes Against Humanity Appeal
Bosnia’s Constitutional Court rejected an appeal from former policeman Darko Mrdja, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his involvement in murders and other crimes against Bosniaks in...