Haris Rovčanin, Author at Detektor

Interpol has issued a ‘red notice’ calling for the arrest of Milojko Kovacevic, a former Bosnian Serb reservist policeman charged with crimes against humanity in the Visegrad area in 1992. A ‘red notice’ has been posted on Interpol’s online wanted list calling on countries worldwide to arrest Milojko Kovacevic, who is accused of the forcibly […]

Wartime Bosnian Serb fighter Radomir Susnjar appealed against his conviction for involvement in the killing of 26 Bosniak civilians, including a baby, in a house that was set on fire in Visegrad in 1992. Lawyers for Radomir Susnjar appealed to the Bosnian state court’s appeals chamber on Tuesday against the verdict sentencing him to 20 […]

Bosnia and Herzegovina currently has active warrants for the arrests of 47 people who have been charged with war crimes, more than half of whom are now living outside the country, the state court told BIRN. The Bosnian state court told BIRN that 47 people accused of committing crimes during the 1992-95 war are being […]

The abuse of office trial of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s former chief state prosecutor, Goran Salihovic, opened in Sarajevo with the defendant describing the case against him as a “witch hunt”. The trial of Goran Salihovic opened at the Cantonal Court in Sarajevo on Tuesday, with the former chief prosecutor accused of spending around 41,000 euros […]

The Bosnian state court upheld a prosecution request for a two-month extension of custody for Muharem Dunic, who is suspected of organising a terrorist group and fighting in Syria.

At a custody extension hearing for Muharem Dunic and Senad Kasupovic, who are suspected of fighting in Syria, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina requested a two-month extension of custody, while the defense teams proposed house arrest instead.

Seven wartime prison officials are being retried for the abuse of Bosnian civilian and military detainees who were held in dire conditions at a jail in Ljubuski between 1993 and 1994. The retrial of wartime prison officers Ivan Kraljevic, Mato Jelcic, Stojan Odak, Vice Bebek, Vinko Radisic, Slavko Skender and Dragan Milos, who are accused of abusing detainees at the Military-Investigative Prison in Ljubuski, opened at the Bosnian state court on Monday.

The Bosnian court upheld the verdict sentencing former policeman Mico Jurisic to 11 years in prison for crimes against humanity against non-Serb civilians in the Prijedor area during the war in 1992. The appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court has confirmed the verdict sentencing Mico Jurisic to 11 years in prison for wartime crimes including involvement in several murders in the Prijedor area in 1992.

As the migrant smuggling business booms in Bosnia, the number of people convicted of this crime rose in 2019 compared to the year before.

The court upheld 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 Bosnia in 1995 and 1996. The appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court has upheld the first-instance verdict acquitting ex-policemen Jadranko Saran, Samir Sabic and Zijad Kadic […]

Haris Rovčanin

Interpol Urges Arrest of Bosnian Serb War Crime Suspect

Bosnian Serb Ex-Fighter Appeals Mass Killing Conviction

Bosnia Seeks Arrest of 47 War Crimes Fugitives

Bosnian Ex-Chief Prosecutor Tried for Abuse of Office

Bosnia Extends Custody Remand for Suspected Syria Fighter

Custody Extension Requested for “Last ISIL Warriors”

Bosnian Croats Retried for Wartime Abuse of Bosniak Prisoners

Bosnian Serb Policeman’s Crimes Against Humanity Conviction Upheld

Bosnia’s Courts Convict More Migrant Smugglers

Bosnian Court Upholds Policemen’s War Crimes Acquittal

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