Saturday, 5 april 2025.
Bosnian Serb Soldiers’ Convictions for Killing 28 Civilians Upheld
Former Bosnian Serb Army soldiers Branko Cigoja, Zeljko Todic and Sasa Boskic’s appeal against their convictions for killing 28 Bosniak and Croat civilians in the Donji Vakuf municipality in 1995...
Bosnia Rejects Serb Ex-Soldier’s Appeal in War Rape Case
Bosnia’s Constitutional Court rejected an appeal from ex-soldier Milorad Mrdja against the verdict sentencing him to seven years in prison for raping a minor and other wartime crimes against Bosniaks...
Episode 121: Rise in defamation cases against media restricts freedom
An analysis of defamation proceedings before courts in Bosnia and Herzegovina over the past four years reveals that in more than 80 per cent of cases, lawsuits against journalists are...
Suing to Silence: Lawsuits Used to Censor Bosnian Journalists
Public officials are behind the overwhelming majority of defamation cases brought against Bosnian journalists, dragging them through expensive and often lengthy court proceedings that make many think twice about the...
War Criminal Re-Elected as Mayor in Bosnia
Freed war criminal Fikret Abdic has been re-elected as the mayor of the Velika Kladusa municipality, according to preliminary results from the weekend’s local elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Top Court Rejects Bosnian Ex-Soldier’s War Crimes Appeal
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Constitutional Court reject former Bosnian Army’s soldiers Enes Curic’s appeal against his conviction for wartime crimes against Croat civilian prisoners in Bijelo Polje near Mostar in 1993.
Bosnian Serb Fighter Charged over Deadly Village Attack
Former Territorial Defence force commander Brane Petkovic was charged with failing to prevent an attack on civilians in the village of Lozje near Gorazde in 1992 that left 16 Bosniaks...
Freed Bosnian Croat War Criminal Shot Dead in Mostar
Former Croatian Defence Council officer Marko Radic, whose sentence for crimes against humanity was controversially reduced by a Croatian court, was shot dead in Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosnian Serb Wartime Commander to Stand Trial in Belgrade
Rajko Kusic, the former commander of the Bosnian Serb Army’s Rogatica Brigade, is accused of involvement in more than 150 killings as well as forced relocations and unlawful detentions.