Tuesday, 1 april 2025.
Bosnian Croat Ex-Fighters Charged with Wartime Prisoner Abuses
The Bosnian state prosecution charged seven former Croatian Defence Council military policemen and civilian police officers with unlawfully detaining and assaulting dozens of Bosniaks in the Zepce area in 1993...
Lessons From Bosnia Can Inform Ukraine’s Search for a ‘Just Peace’
Mikhail Savchenko witnessed war crimes three decades ago in Bosnia, and again in his native Ukraine. In seeking justice for Russian forces’ violations, rights experts say Ukraine must avoid Bosnia’s...
Serb War Criminal’s Genocide Confession Falls on Deaf Ears Among Ethnic Kin
Radislav Krstic’s confession and request for forgiveness for the 1995 Srebrenica massacres was largely ignored in Serbia and among Bosnian Serbs, where genocide denial remains rife.
Broad Community Engagement is Key to Internet Governance in BiH
Engaging all stakeholders—including governmental and non-governmental organizations, academia, and the media—in the internet governance process is essential for Bosnia and Herzegovina to align its digital regulations with global standards, according...
BIRN Holds Conference on Future of Transitional Justice
Speakers in Sarajevo say vital opportunity to put subject back into public discourse created by EU accession talks must not be lost.
Pro-Russian Telegram Channels in the Balkans gain ground in Recruitment and Disinformation War
More than half a million people follow pro-Russian Telegram channels covering the Balkans in Serbian and Russian languages. Followers are being urged to donate military equipment to Russia and join...
Episode 162: ‘Russian Law’ That Shook Georgia Has Echoes in Republika Srpska
In this edition of TV Justice, we’re bringing you a story about the so-called Law on Foreign Agents. In Russia, this is a law that sanctions and shuts down media...
A Russian Thank You for Fans from Bijeljina for Supporting Russian Military
During a match last weekend, fans of a football club from Bijeljina displayed a banner of a notorious Russian military unit fighting in Ukraine. The Russian military unit, whose members...
Episode 159: Slovak convicts exchange prison in the EU for villas with swimming pools in Bosnia and Herzegovina
We can reveal how a former chief of the Slovak counterintelligence service has found refuge in Bosnia and Herzegovina after serving two-thirds of his prison term. He is the third...